Which player in England's World Cup squad is fastest? What about the most annoying? Danny Welbeck reveals all
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Raheem Sterling is the quickest England player off the starting line.
This is one of the fastest squads a Three Lions manager has taken to a major tournament, and Danny Welbeck reckons Manchester City forward Sterling is the most explosive of all.
The Arsenal striker explains: “Raheem would be rapid out of the blocks, say for the first 10 yards. Then there are a few boys that would catch him up and take him. Marcus (Rashford) is quick, Kyle Walker… there are a lot of quick players in the squad.
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“I have not seen Ruben (Loftus-Cheek) really go for it yet — he might be quick.
“Put it this way, there are a lot of players who would back themselves but we just haven’t had a race. We’ll have to wait till then to see if I get a medal.”
Gareth Southgate certainly has his World Cup squad relaxed, Welbeck joking with the media about how difficult it is to get the chatty Rashford out of his room.
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Asked which squad member he would least like to be stuck in a lift with, Welbeck says: “It’s out of Jesse (Lingard) and Marcus. I can handle them for a small period of time but then if it goes on too long.
“Marcus was in my room last night and I just wanted to go to bed. I’m like ‘just get out of my room!’ I think he wanted to stay!”
The serious stuff starts in a fortnight’s time, and an added incentive for Welbeck will be to impress his new club manager, Unai Emery.
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Welbeck says: “Obviously, it is an exciting time at the club.
“It was a bit strange with the manager announcing that he was leaving and not knowing who was going to be the next manager.
“Now it has been announced I am looking forward to working with him next season but my main focus is on the World Cup."