JORDAN PICKFORD hasn't had much time to celebrate becoming a father for a second time - but the England keeper reckons next summer might just be a knees-up to end all knees-ups.
Pickford's wife Megan gave birth to daughter Ostara Haze last month and the couple already have a four-year-old son called Arlo.
But the Everton No.1 has been busy for both club and country during a season that will culminate in the European Championship finals in Germany next summer.
And Pickford feels it's about time the nation's football fans were given a glittering reason to pop the champagne corks, after a series of heartbreaking nearmisses under Gareth Southgate.
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