England has had that losing mentality for a while though, it's not exactly out of nowhere. They get hyped to the days every single tournament by the British media, then a couple of games in they already have a scapegoat (Marcus Rashford, Rooney), then they lose pathetically (Iceland, or on penalties again), then their media sharks on them and asks "What went wrong?", rinse and repeat every single tournament.
And again, why would you not want to play with Ronaldo and Pepe, two mainstays at Real Madrid, amongst all other upcoming or already talented players? Much rather that then the only talent being Daniel Injury Sturridge, Harry Nowhere to be Seen Kane, Sterling and Rashford putting in an effort but getting shat by the British media, Rooney who's playing in a deeper role despite his old age and his not being great at that position, etc. The only talent from England that could play in a team like Real Madrid is Joe Hart, and he had a shocking tournament.
Born in England with an English family and feels English? Just happened to spend a few years of childhood in Portugal due to his Mother's job I believe.
He was at the Sporting Academy, a club known for producing talent between 2003–2012 and speaks fluent Portuguese. Not exactly his mother's job.
