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Published 11:10 26 Jun 2018 BST
Updated 12:45 26 Jun 2018 BST
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"£7,000 may be good for a homeless person, but £7,000 a week is not good enough for a top class forward..."
Well, van Hooijdonk obviously knows a bit when it comes to self-worth but he seems to know the importance of not overrating yourself either.
It's been a bloody brilliant World Cup to date, genuinely made even better by England's rise.
Where once the non-England-supporting public took pleasure in their demise on the global stage, there's a buzz in the air that the realism that swept the country for a few weeks is being kicked off as they put their feet up and marvel at their World Cup contenders. That can only mean a bigger fall than we've been used to since 2006 - the last time they won a knockout game at a major tournament.
The hype - even though they tried their best - still began before the World Cup, in fairness. Where once the question was always whether or not England could win the thing, this time the narrative went something like: "no-one's expecting England to win the World Cup, so there's no reason why they can't..."
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1011534784999411713
But a last-minute goal to beat Tunisia and a brushing aside of Panama hasn't impressed everyone.
Especially not Pierre van Hooijdonk who took the liberty of digging a little bit into the calibre of opposition that Gareth Southgate's men have beaten.
He even compared the England hype to Tiger Tim.
https://twitter.com/pierrevh17/status/1011142790091288583
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