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Rice ready to play ‘dirty’ in bid to help England contain Barcelona new boy De Jong

Declan Rice is prepared to play “dirty” in England’s bid for Nations League glory, with Barcelona new boy Frenkie de Jong needing to be contained in a meeting with the Netherlands.

Gareth Southgate’s side have a clash with the Dutch to take in on Thursday.

A semi-final contest against Ronald Koeman’s team comes 12 months on from reaching the last four of the 2018 World Cup.

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England are determined to go at least one step further in their latest pursuit of silverware and will bend the rules if required.