Former England star Mary Earps has taken aim at her replacement Hannah Hampton, revealing she told Sarina Wiegman she was rewarding ‘bad behaviour’ by recalling her rival to the Lionesses squad.

Earps announced her shock retirement from international duty just weeks before last summer’s European Championships. Hampton was installed as the new no1 goalkeeper by Wiegman as England won the competition for the second time in a row, beating Spain on penalties with Hampton saving two spot kicks.

Earps had been England’s goalkeeper for their previous triumph at the 2022 Euros, where Hampton was an unused substitute.

In her new autobiography ‘All In’, Earps has lifted the lid of Hampton’s behaviour which she claims the latter ‘frequently risked derailing training sessions and team resources’.

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