Jermain Defoe has admitted England players must face up to the reality of having to fend off boredom in their Russia World Cup base later this summer.

England will stay 30 miles outside St Petersburg this summer, raising concerns that the squad could be plagued by boredom in between matches.

Defoe was part of Fabio Capello's England squad for their ill-fated 2010 World Cup campaign in South Africa.

England were dumped out of the competition in the second round by Germany having scored just two goals in the group stages.

"When we were in South Africa, I remember one night I was bored, so me and Wayne Rooney sat in his room and watched his whole wedding on DVD," Defoe told ESPN.