Tom Barclay

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Whateley · Tom Barclay - England's World Cup Dream is real | Football Writer for The Sun (14.07.26) · 14 Jul 2026 podcast

I still think, personally, France are a level above the other three.

I could see Spain somehow edging them out because they're very savvy.

But all of them have got a chance, definitely.

And England, like I said, with Kane and Bellingham, we've always got a big chance because those two are absolute diamonds of players.

I sincerely hope so.

I have to say before the last game, before it kicked off, I did predict 2-1 in extra time.

So I've got that one right.

But then I also said, I think we lose on penalties to Argentina.

So sincerely, I'm not right on that front.

I think that, to be honest, is probably more my own personal baggage of those horrible, heartbreaking moments from my childhood.

I hope the players, like I said, I don't think they'll be thinking that way.

Argentina, it's interesting, when you cover England at World Cup, and I've done different major tournaments where I've been covering England or I've been sort of roving around seeing different teams, you often end up living in a bit of a bubble, particularly with the amount of travelling we've had and constantly having to come back to Kansas to go and speak to the players.

you don't actually see much of the rest of the tournament.

So I haven't really felt like I've watched too much of them.

I've seen bits, obviously they've had some unforgettable matches that Egypt game in particular, but I'm sort of told that despite getting through those games, they haven't actually played that well and they do look beatable and yet they keep winning.

So there's a bit of a paradox there, um, with messy,

you know, they're always going to have a chance against anyone.

They've got some other players who we all know very well in the Premier League, whether it be Julian Alvarez from his time at Man City, obviously he's at Atletico Madrid now, good old Cristian Romero from Spurs, you know, a number of players.

I don't know.

I think the way Bellingham is playing and Kane, but particularly Bellingham, I mean, the first player since Maradona to score back-to-back

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