England arrive in Florida for pre-World Cup camp

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   Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo and Brentford's Jordan Henderson greet each other at the team hotel

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   Thomas Tuchel will be the third non-Englishman to lead England at a World Cup after Sven-Goran Eriksson in 2002 and 2006 and Fabio Capello in 2010

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   John Stones, who left Manchester City after 10 years at the end of the season, chats with Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins

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   Liverpool winger Rio Ngumoha, 17, is among the group of young players Tuchel has added to the senior squad's preparation camp

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   This will be captain Harry Kane's third World Cup for England following Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022

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   Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham made his debut for England in 2020 at the age of 17

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   Marcus Rashford, who has been on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United, posted a picture of himself training in Miami on Instagram

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Previous imageNext imageSlide 1 of 7, Kobbie Mainoo and Jordan Henderson of England shake hands, Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo and Brentford's Jordan Henderson greet each other at the team hotelEnd of image galleryByLorraine McKennaBBC Sport Journalist

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The countdown to this summer's World Cup has started and England have arrived in the United States to begin their tournament preparations.

Head coach Thomas Tuchel and a number of his squad flew from Birmingham Airport to Florida on Monday for their pre-World Cup camp in West Palm Beach.

Arsenal's Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka plus Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson - who were all involved in European finals last week - will join the rest of the squad at a later date.

England's first training session takes place on Tuesday morning local time, with temperatures forecast to be about 28C to 31C.

They are also scheduled to play two warm-up games against New Zealand on 6 June and Costa Rica on 10 June, before the World Cup officially starts on 11 June.

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From Florida, Tuchel and his squad move on to their tournament training base in Kansas City, Missouri, which is six hours behind the UK.

With time at a premium between the end of the domestic season and this year's tournament, Tuchel asked his players to go on holiday in the US or Caribbean to acclimatise to the sweltering heat and different time zones.

England's opening Group L game against Croatia takes place on 17 June in Dallas, Texas - the same time zone as Missouri.

They then face Ghana on 23 June in Massachusetts and Panama on 27 June at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, with both US states a five-hour difference to the UK.

Tuchel has also added young Premier League players Alex Scott, Rio Ngumoha, Josh King and Ethan Nwaneri, along with uncapped Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele, to his group for the camp in Florida.

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