Danny Rose has been so pleasantly surprised by his time in Russia that the England left-back is open to his family joining him at the World Cup.
Rose spoke candidly about his fears of racism at the World Cup, explaining how he had no faith in the justice system and did not want to be worried about loved ones regarding “racism and anything else that may happen”.
But the Tottenham left-back’s first trip to Russia is panning out better than expected.
“I’d have to check hotel prices first,” Rose told IRN, BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT, when asked about whether his family would now come to Russia.
“I just want to get in the team and then after that I’d be open. “I’d definitely be open now to having my family out here, so let’s just hope we win on Thursday and then we beat whoever we play in the next round and we’ll see.”
A number of players recently spent their recovery day in the city with family members – a time when the left-back enjoyed a different type of downtime.
“We’ve had family days where we’ve had a day off and the gaffer has allowed people, families to come to the hotel or we can go to our families’ hotel,” Rose said. “When people have had their families around, yeah, it has been difficult.”