England's World Cup squad announcement video gets absolutely slated by fans

In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement.

The FA released a video of various fans around the country revealing the surnames of each squad member with Harry Maguire's name hanging from a balcony, Ashley Young's name beaming across a smartphone and Jesse Lingaard's selection included with a clip of him celebrating scoring a goal in FIFA. It's a very different approach to the standard team announcement of reading names off a sheet and its reception has been largely negative with a lot of fans lamenting the FA's decision to stray from traditional methods. https://twitter.com/England/status/996737073418784770 https://twitter.com/VirtuousVan/status/996737291585499137 https://twitter.com/enda_coll/status/996739064471662592 https://twitter.com/HamsterMckenzie/status/996741073711091712 https://twitter.com/ourrachblogs/status/996741147786665984 https://twitter.com/Shxdipo/status/996738881335767041 https://twitter.com/F_Edits/status/996737778611294210 https://twitter.com/chambersh2000/status/996737392571711488 Gareth Southgate's England squad for this summer's World Cup is as follows: ENGLAND SQUAD Goalkeepers: Butland, Pickford, Pope Defenders: Walker, Trippier, Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Cahill, Jones, Maguire, Young, Rose Midfielders: Dier, Delph, Henderson, Loftus-Cheek, Lingard, Alli, Sterling Forwards: Kane, Rashford, Vardy, Welbeck

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In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement.

In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement.

England’s World Cup squad announcement video gets absolutely slated by fans

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In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement.

In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement.

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