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England have received a huge boost ahead of their FIFA World Cup opener against Croatia, with Bukayo Saka insisting he is "ready to go" despite concerns over the Achilles tendon injury that disrupted the end of his season with Arsenal.

Speaking in Kansas City, the England winger praised the work of the Arsenal and England medical teams and admitted that footballers often have to take risks by playing through pain.

Saka also backed the Three Lions to finally take the "next step" after years of near-misses, saying this squad has the talent, confidence and leadership needed to achieve something special.

Can England finally end their wait for World Cup glory?

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00:46I don't want to say anything that obviously goes against the manager, what I would say
00:50is between Mikel and Arsenal medical team and Thomas and the England medical team since
00:56March they've managed me amazingly and helped me get back on the pitch and do what I can
01:01for the team and I'm feeling better than I felt in the last few months and I'm ready
01:07to go.
01:08Not quite 100% yet though?
01:10I'm ready to go on man.
01:11Good man.
01:12I think as players it's the biggest gamble especially if you're not feeling your sharpest,
01:18you have the choice whether you don't play or you put yourself out there knowing that
01:24people are going to judge you the same and at the end of the day people don't really care
01:28how you're feeling, they expect you to deliver, they expect you to perform and I'm happy to
01:34take that gamble and it paid off I'd say and I'm going to continue doing that but like
01:40I said I'm feeling a lot better than I did in March and I'm ready to go so I'm excited.
01:46Perfect.
01:47Thank you very much.
01:48I think with each tournament it was a different lesson especially reaching two finals but
01:55yeah I think it's mainly the belief.
01:57when I look around in the team I see the talent we have, the passion, the confidence and yeah
02:03we have some real winners, some real leaders and yeah with belief I think we can go the
02:09next step.
02:10I think for myself and the other boys that we came from Arsenal we have a confidence and a
02:19freedom that we can approach the World Cup in and I think that will definitely improve us and make us
02:24play better.
02:26Bakayo, just a quick one on the hydration breaks, I wonder what you make of them given that this week
02:31you might be taking them in temperatures that are probably cooler than some of those you've played at home.
02:36Does it disrupt it? Is it disruptive for the players?
02:41I think it depends you know obviously if you're dominating and you have all the momentum you would
02:45love to keep going but yeah I guess in some cases it will be helpful you know when we're playing
02:52in
02:52extreme heat but I'm easy, I'm open, I don't really mind.
02:56What about as a fan because you've obviously been watching the games, do you think it disrupts it for the
03:01viewer?
03:01You're trying to get me to say something controversial. I'm not saying nothing. I enjoy it.
03:07Are you sure?
03:11Are you sure that you've practiced every day?
03:11Are you sure you're a teacher?
03:13Are you sure you're struggling with that?
03:13Are you sure you've already finished working with your father?
03:13Do you need that?
03:13Let's start of this video.
03:13I'm here for you, Dapet, the video.
03:13Do you know why you're going to focus on this video?
03:14What about, what?
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