England’s WAGs so confident their boys will beat minnows Slovakia they have booked jets for quarter finals
ENGLAND’S WAGs are so confident their men will beat Slovakia today they have booked private jets to visit them after the game.
Some are flying from Manchester to the match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, and have then chartered the plane for Tuesday to take them to the team hotel in Blankenhain.
A source told the Sun on Sunday: “They are flying out to Germany for the match, but as it’s a knockout stage there’s obviously no guarantee England will still be in the Euros after the final whistle.
“But they are confident their men can do the business.
“The onward flight has already been booked to take them to the England camp.
“They are not expecting the team to lose today.
“It’s been a long haul already, with all the travelling, but they are hugely supportive and love spending what time they can with players.”
While the WAGs fly across Germany to the team camp at the luxury Weimarer Land hotel and spa, it is thought England star Phil Foden could be heading in the opposite direction, back to England.
The 24-year-old flew home on Wednesday to be at partner Rebecca Cooke’s side as she gave birth to a baby boy, their third child.
He then returned to the camp to resume training ahead of today’s game, but is thought to be planning another brief visit home if England make it to Saturday’s quarter finals.
Foden — the Premier League’s player of the Year — already has children Ronnie, four, and True, one, with childhood sweetheart Rebecca, 22.
Players’ families have had the opportunity to visit the team camp after each match so far.
But the remote setting of the five-star hotel complex in Blankenhain means the total distance they travelled through the group stage was around 3,200 miles.
The FA laid on a family fun day after the second game, with bouncy castles and burger trucks.
An FA source confirmed any families who want to visit after today’s game — should England win — are welcome.
It comes as fans are set for a beer and barbecue celebration today as they pray the Three Lions finally get the Euros party started after a dull start to the tournament.
Supermarkets have seen a huge boost in sales of booze, barbecues and burgers ahead of the match.
Fans will knock back around 32million pints today — six million more than a normal Sunday — giving a £28.8million boost to pubs.
At home, an expected TV audience of around 16million will tune in, with thousands more watching in bars and in fan zones.
Asda has seen the sale of barbecues rocket by 44 per cent and have sold nearly 400,000 burgers.
Tesco is expecting this weekend to be its best for barbecue sales all year.
Tens of thousands of England fans are in Gelsenkirchen for today’s game.
Only 6,500 tickets have been made available to England by UEFA, but Three Lions fans are expected to take up around three-quarters of the ground.
Tesco worker Alan Pearcy, 51, of Newcastle, said: “If you look at the last Euros it was very similar.
“We started off playing poorly, but then we got better as it went on.”