England to train in tents to replicate World Cup heat

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

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

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

As portion of nan training campy nan England caput coach and nan Football Association capacity unit will look astatine really players header successful nan highly basking and humid conditions they could look astatine nan World Cup.

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

Speaking past week, Tuchel said he expects his players to "suffer" successful nan tournament's conditions and he will recreation to nan Club World Cup this summertime successful nan United States to measure nan conditions.

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

"I will spot that. How it looks, and we request to understand really to cool nan players down, to drink. What our options are.

"Let's spot because it is aft nan season, truthful it will beryllium very similar. The existent acquisition is for nan players, but I person done pre-season location successful Orlando and I will beryllium very amazed if we do not suffer. Suffering is 1 of nan headlines for this World Cup."

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

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