Wharton credits journeyman brother for England call-up

England's Adam Wharton said watching his brother Scott play in League Two helped him ease into football

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00:00I think that's a massive advantage that I've been able to have to help me

00:07transition into first-team football. He had maybe four loans I think before he

00:13got his chance at Blackburn. So he was in League Two for about four seasons, got

00:21promoted a few times and yeah it definitely gives me a sort of reality

00:27check as I was coming up. Fortunately enough I never I never had to go on loan

00:32but a lot of players have to do that and it's sort of, I obviously watched a lot

00:39of his games in League Two and it's a completely different game, a lot more

00:43physical. So I was always sort of ready for that and then obviously getting

00:47advice off him as I was transitioning, even training, it made it a lot easier

00:53that I had that brother. Obviously like I said I'm not the most outgoing guy, bit

00:58of a loner. So to have him there definitely made it easier for me to

01:05transition into into first-team football.