ENGLAND'S World Cup hopes in Qatar could hinge on two unlikely ingredients - scrambled eggs and rice pudding.
They are the foods captain Harry Kane and fellow goal ace Raheem Sterling like to dine on before games, ex-Three Lions personal chef Tim Death reveals.
Tim, 53, tells how the players are fuelled at tournaments by bespoke meal plans - complemented by crucial shipped-in home comforts.
He said: "Harry is so good with his diet and is pretty old school. "Pre-match he always liked scrambled eggs on toast.
Raheem would come up and say, 'have you got any rice pudding?' "I used to make it with semi-skimmed milk instead of cream, but try and make it taste as nice as possible." England arrived at £150-a-night Souq Al Wakra Hotel on Tuesday.
They will stay there for more than five weeks if they make the final on December 18.
Tim said: "If there's a chance to win a World Cup, it's this one. Gareth Southgate is the best in the business at
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