Barcelona's Chile star Alexis Sanchez has slammed England's 'soft' players. Sanchez says English players have it all too easy and don't have the hunger to fulfil their potential.
"We are a tougher team than England," he told the Daily Express. "The problem for teams like England is that everything is so easy for them. They join these academies at maybe 10 or 11 years old and everything is done for them.
"They are so modern and the players are looked after - it is not just England but many European nations.
"I used to wash cars for such little money just so I had enough money to buy my football boots. When you are at academies like Manchester United and Arsenal then everything is just given to you.
"With countries like England if you don't make it as a professional football player then there are still many other opportunities, and you still have a chance to live a good life.
"My family was so poor that football for me was about survival. I told my mother from a young age, 'Don't worry, I will become a football player and get us out of this situation'.
"If I had failed I would be working 15-hour days on construction sites and still not be earning enough to live. Football saved me, and I don't think any England players could say that."
