England star Ezri Konsa has revealed the details of not one but two 'secret WhatsApp groups' that players are sometimes afraid to open.
England face Senegal in a friendly at Nottingham Forest's City Ground on Tuesday, having beat Andorra 1-0 in a drab outing last Saturday.
Thomas Tuchel is set to ring the changes as he continues to experiment ahead of next summer's World Cup.
Konsa, who started against Andorra, is expected to keep his place in the starting XI, while Ivan Toney and Trevor Chalobah, who could achieve a rare feat if he plays, are likely to get some minutes under their belt after not featuring in the World Cup qualifier.
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Ahead of tonight's game, the trio sat down and produced a piece of content for England's YouTube channel as they discussed their rise up the football league pyramid to play for their country.
In doing so, Konsa referenced TWO 'secret WhatsApp groups' that players are sometimes afraid to look at.
The Aston Villa defender revealed there's one with himself, Toney and Arsenal's Declan Rice, and another group that includes him, Toney, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka, with Chalobah set to be added.
According to Konsa, the players involved watch each other's games on TV and ruthlessly pipe up if one of them has a bad game.
"We have a group chat... we always watch each other's games if it's on TV and if you have a bad game..." he revealed.
Referencing memes, Chalobah added: "The videos are coming."
Al Ahli star Toney weighed in: "You stay away from the chat," while Konsa replied: "Stay away... don't open. Don't open the chat."
The Chelsea man said: "I never knew about this chat until now."
It's not often the aforementioned players have a bad game for their respective clubs but if they do, then they'll hear about it in the chat.
Nasir Jabbar