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England cannot win Euro2016 with egos - Liverpool striker Sturridge

Daniel Sturridge has made it clear that there cannot be any fissures within the England squad at Euro2016.

The Three Lions are on the fourth line of betting with many bookies to win the tournament in France but in order for that to occur, the entire squad has to be on the same page according to Liverpool striker Sturridge.

"If the manager picks somebody else, that is no problem to me because it is a team game," he said from dream training in Chantilly.

"We can't win this thing if there are egos or problems in the camp. It's about us being here as a team.

"I look at other countries in many competitions and when they score everyone is off the bench and they are all involved, all jumping on each other celebrating. That's how we have to be. We have to be a team.

"It's very important, on and off the pitch. We are getting on so well off the pitch and on the pitch everyone is getting on so well.

"If we don't go into this tournament as a team and as a family... you know, we're the only people we've got out here. We don't have our mums, dads, kids and all those things here. So this is our family and we have to be together."

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