England could be spied on by their opponents

Roy Hodgson has been hit by a security concern over England’s training base at a supposedly secluded military college near Urca, a Rio suburb.

England’s Group D opponents Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica will be able to watch Roy 

Hodgson’s final team workouts from the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain.... for the £16 price of a cable car ride.

 Pictures show how easy it will be to monitor England’s tactical shape and set piece training despite being 396 metres above the sea.

Hodgson will have the worn out pitch at the athletics stadium repaired before England arrive, and the FA will take their usual precaution of screening off the pitch at ground level to stop snooping.

But simple tourist shots proved that will be to no avail. If England’s opponents want to be more devious, they could hire climbers to abseil down the cliff and film training. It is a popular route with climbers and has ready made attachments for rope.