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The toxic state of England's no-more Magnificent Seven: Stranded on massive salaries, how Rashford, Grealish, Sancho and Co got lost. And who has a 'total lack of grip on reality'?

IAN HERBERT: England's lost boys are viewed by some managers as too much of a risk, too toxic, even if they were affordable. That big blue sky has crashed in on them all.

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