England to train in tents to replicate World Cup heat

England are utilizing heated tents arsenic portion of grooming to replicate the conditions they could acquisition astatine the World Cup successful the USA, Canada and Mexico adjacent year.

Thomas Tuchel and his squad are successful Girona successful Spain for a grooming camp.

England play Andorra successful a World Cup qualifier connected Saturday earlier playing Senegal successful a affable astatine Nottingham Forest's City Ground connected 10 June.

As portion of the grooming campy the England caput manager and the Football Association show unit volition look astatine however players header successful the highly blistery and humid conditions they could look astatine the World Cup.

Players volition transportation retired fittingness tests wrong the tents connected workout bikes, successful temperatures they could beryllium expected to look during the tournament, and their betterment volition beryllium analysed.

Speaking past week, Tuchel said helium expects his players to "suffer" successful the tournament's conditions and helium volition question to the Club World Cup this summertime successful the United States to measure the conditions.

"It is important to spot matches present successful America, and successful Miami astatine 3 successful the afternoon," Tuchel said.

"I volition spot that. How it looks, and we request to recognize however to chill the players down, to drink. What our options are.

"Let's spot due to the fact that it is aft the season, truthful it volition beryllium precise similar. The existent acquisition is for the players, but I person done pre-season determination successful Orlando and I volition beryllium precise amazed if we bash not suffer. Suffering is 1 of the headlines for this World Cup."

There person been warnings that the temperatures astatine 14 of the 16 stadiums being utilized for the 2026 World Cup could transcend 'potentially unsafe levels' during the tournament. In big metropolis Dallas, successful an mean twelvemonth much than 80% of June and July days transcend 28C.

England person won their archetypal 2 World Cup qualifiers nether Tuchel and beryllium apical of the Group K table.