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THREE LIONS FANCIED A BIT OF FERGIE TIME

GARETH SOUTHGATE left a nation confused when he revealed he tried to see if Evan Ferguson fancied playing for England.

But there was a reason for the strange move.

This writer and my compatriots from Ireland didn't seem to understand why the Three Lions boss would bother checking on a player who was born and bred in a seaside town on the Emerald Isle and had no intention of switching nations.