The England team will take a knee before their World Cup opener against Iran, according to the boss.
After football returned after the Covid-19 shutdown, England made a gesture against racism.
England will make a gesture in Monday's opener against Iran at the World Cup, despite not taking a knee in September's games.
We talked about taking the knee. We think we should. It is what we stand for as a team and have done for many years.
We feel that this is the biggest that the clubs have decided to only do for certain games.
It is important for young people to see that inclusivity is important.
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Ahead of the start of the season, captains decided to use specific moments to take a knee instead of making the gesture at every match.
The teams agreed to perform the act ahead of the opening round, dedicated 'No Room For Racism' matches in October and March, on Boxing Day and the final round.
James Maddison and Kyle Walker are not going to play in the opener.
Walker is still recovering from groin surgery while Maddison has yet to train after picking up a knee injury.
Kyle Walker is a little short for this game, but he is progressing well. We are ahead of where we thought he would be.
James won't be able to play tomorrow because he hasn't been able to train.
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Our goal is to give our supporters a tournament that will be remembered. They've been taken on great journeys in our lives.
The country is going through a difficult spell, not the same as other countries.
"But we're in an economic recession and life has been difficult for a lot of our people so we want them to enjoy their football and have a journey with our team that brings some real joy."
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England will be hungry for success, according to captain Harry Kane.
When he hasn't won in a while, he's always more hungry to turn that around.
We've had some difficult games, we've played some really good teams, and we did have some decent draws away from home, but ultimately we want to be winning games.
We went into a big tournament with that hunger. Every tournament will be hard for Iran.
If we get it right tomorrow we have a good chance of winning. We're looking forward to the tournament but it's up to us.
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The quality of the opposition is recognised by the team.
In the last two tournaments, both games were close and everyone wanted to win the first game.
Our first objective is to get out of the group, but you can do that.
Sir Alex Ferguson's former assistant manager at Manchester United is coaching Iran at the World Cup finals and has been impressed by England.
The Portuguese said that he had the chance to see the most competitive English national team in 50 years.
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I remember that team but this team is very practical and realistic.
I work with a lot of the guys.
The national team is very dangerous because they make a realistic approach to any game.
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