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Chelsea midfielder Mount: England squad like family

Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount says England's squad are like a "family".

The Three Lions have been put under the microscope after Raheem Sterling was suspended for a physical altercation with Joe Gomez.

But Mount says the team have put the incident behind them after beating Montenegro and Kosovo this week.

"We go back to our clubs and we're all going to be playing against each other, but we have a WhatsApp group, so we're always talking to each other," he told reporters via the Standard. "It shows how close we are. It's like a family. We always keep in contact.

"You obviously see what everyone else is doing within the Premier League at their clubs. It's going to get heated in club games because they're massive games, but we're very tight as a group — and that's shown in the last two performances. Things get sorted out very quickly, like they did [last week], and then we focus on the games. It was very strong performances in both games.

"The two games have been very ­professional performances. To finish with a big win is good and now there's a big break until the next camp. It's been a great qualification, we've got some big wins under our belt. The focus is on March and hopefully it's a very exciting summer."

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