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England to head to north for Manchester and Sunderland friendlies before Euro2016

England are set to play friendly matches against Turkey, Australia and Portugal as part of their preparation for Euro2016.

The Sun is reporting the Three Lions will take on Turkey at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium on May 22nd, before taking on the Socceroos at Sunderland's Stadium of light on Friday, May 27th.

England will then return to their spiritual home of Wembley Stadium to take on Portugal in their final friendly match before the start of the tournament in France.

The FA successfully appealed to UEFA to allow them to play against two qualified teams in the lead up to the tournament, which is an exception to the usual rule, which states nations are only able to play one other qualified country in warm-up matches.

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