Great servants, great goalscorers, great talents, great captains have all come and gone without once reaching the final of a major tournament.The likes of David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen never played in an international final, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard all earned more than 100 caps without playing in one.
"There's no doubt we are the fortunate ones who are involved in these games but we’ve spoken a lot about the legacy and the players who have gone before us - so many exceptional role models, exceptional players, incredible individual achievements. He said: "I'm thinking about the team in eight years’ time, when maybe Jadon Sancho, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka and Jude Bellingham are still in it and they have had an incredible experience of England doing well.
"The flip side of that is, the rest of us who were in Russia and got to this point in the World Cup, won’t be going home content if we don’t beat Denmark."We’ll feel that disappointment, without a doubt. Whether it gives us extra motivation, I don’t know.