Gareth Southgate has promised the nation England will be firing on all cylinders when the delayed European Championships kick off in June next year.
The Three Lions chief has been forced to postpone his first squad get-together of the year with the forthcoming friendlies at Wembley against Italy and Denmark already cancelled.
Southgate has assured all those who've would have been in his plans this sporting summer, they will remain at the forefront of his thoughts next year.
And in a Churchillian address to fans up and down the country, the coach predicts that when he leads England into his third tournament , he'll “never have been prouder to be the leader.” While strikers Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford would have had fitness concerns