Rob wondered if Jude Bellingham would start for England. There is a time and a place for it. Despite the threat of a fine and a yellow card at the beginning of the game, Harry Kane said he will wear a "OneLove" armband. Nine nations, including Germany, Netherlands and Belgium, agreed in September to wear a symbol of diversity, inclusion and anti- discrimination as a way of showing their support for the World Cup. Beer sales werenixed, Infantino ranted.
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According to sources, the English FA along with others wrote to the two organizations to inform them of their plans. Both organizations allow teams to make political statements, but they don't allow them to wear the flags of their countries.
Just one day before the World Cup began, FIFA launched their own armbands for all captains to wear to promote social awareness, despite the fact that they did not have clarity on their stance.
The nine nations were ready to pay a fine for making the gesture, but now there are suggestions that each captain could receive a yellow card at the beginning of the match.
Kane said "I think we've made it clear as a team, as a staff and an organization that we want to wear the armband." I'm sure by gametime tomorrow we'll have the decision, as the FA are talking to FIFA. We want to wear it, I think.
Group C play begins on Monday with England playing Iran.
There's nothing I can add to what Harry's said, so I can't say anything about it. I'm aware that there are some discussions going on.
We've made our position clear and a number of the European countries have done the same. Hopefully everything will be solved before the game.
England will be the first nation to play a match at these finals, despite the fact that Germany's goalkeeper will wear the captain's uniform.
The nations are having talks with the world governing body. A spokesman for football's governing body didn't respond to a request for comment.
England will take a knee before the game in a continuation of an anti-racism gesture they used at the Euro 2020 finals.
Prior to this season, teams were only allowed to take a knee before matches with the largest crowds in the league.
The internal conversations between England's players and staff took place at the team's Al Wakrah training base on Sunday, with the confirmation that they had decided to continue.
We feel we should take a knee. It is what we stand for as a team and have done for many years.
The clubs in the premier league only do that for big occasions. We think it's the biggest statement we've ever made, and we think it will go around the world for young people to see that inclusivity is very important.
James Maddison was ruled out of the Iran game due to a knee problem, and Kyle Walker was not going to start because he was recovering from groin surgery.
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