Sanchez: England could win the World Cup

The Chile international is in London ahead of their friendly against Roy Hodgson's side on Friday and he was keen to set the record straight.

The 24-year-old was quoted as labelling the England players "soft" and "not contenders for the World Cup", but he has denied those claims and insists they were not his words.

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