Harry Kane has criticised the amount of withdrawals from England duty but Paul Merson has defended the players that have pulled out, including Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice

Its a shame this week, obviously. Its a tough period of the season and maybe thats been taken advantage of a little bit. I dont really like it if Im totally honest. England comes before anything and any club situation.

Kane is presumably doing what he thinks is his duty as England captain, but the squad's culture post-Southgate may have changed