Declan Rice says he and his England teammates are still getting used to the heat in the US, as he admitted he got a telling off from his mum for turning up to a World Cup photoshoot sunburnt.
The Arsenal midfielder was notably pink in pre-tournament snaps, with fans on social media poking fun at his beetroot-red face and watch strap tan line.
When asked by the BBC when he knew he had started to acclimatise, he said "when the sunburnt went", adding: "I think everyone's seen them photos... I was bright red at that photoshoot, my mum was killing me."
Players from all 48 nations traveled several days before the tournament begins on Thursday in a bid to get used to the searing temperatures in the US, Mexico and Canada.
In Arlington, Texas, where England begin their World Cup campaign against Croatia on 17 June, temperatures have hit 36C this week - and even more heat is expected as the tournament progresses.
Forecasters are expecting scorching and unpredictable conditions in the US this summer, fuelled by El Nino, a weather phenomenon which causes erratic fluctuations in the weather in the US and elsewhere.
