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Manager Roy Hodgson, 66, has given the players permission to take WAGs to the tournament.

But Gerrard branded players’ wives and girlfriends “a distraction”.

And he blamed them for the Three Lions bombing out in Germany eight years ago.

He said: “I thought it was bit of a distraction in 2006.

“So in 2010, when I set off for the World Cup, I preferred for my family to be away from me and I could focus on trying to get my form right. I will doing the same again in Brazil.”

WAGs, including David Beckham’s missus Victoria, 39, and Cheryl Cole, 30, who later divorced left-back Ashley, 33, were accused of creating a “circus” at England’s Baden-Baden base in 2006.

The Liverpool captain also said that he did not want daughters Lilly-Ella, 10, Lexie, seven, and Lourdes, two, dragging him and Alex, 31, around between games.

Gerrard, 33, added that he would be too tired to entertain the youngsters in the sun-kissed Brazilian resort. He said: “I have got my Facetime and Skype so I can be in touch with them every day.

“I can be in touch and see what they are doing.”

But he said he supported “homesick” team-mates who wanted their partners there.

He said: “I think the players are down to make the decisions themselves if they want their families over there.

“For me, my own personal choice is that I don’t like my family there when the tournament is on.”