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England are reportedly lining up a clash with Turkey at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester as part of their preparations for Euro 2016.

The Three Lions are expected to take a couple of friendlies on the road ahead of the tournament, before returning to Wembley for their final match prior to leaving for France.

According to The Sun, the Turkey fixture has been pencilled in for Sunday May 22 - although FA chiefs are concerned about a clash with the FA Trophy and FA Vase finals which are both taking place at Wembley that day.

A match is then planned against Australia five days later, set to take place at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, the night before the Champions League final.

The match at Wembley before the tournament will be against Portugal, and will take place on Thursday June 2, before the trip to France where Roy Hodgson's men will take on Wales, Russia and Slovakia in the group stage.

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Qualified teams are only supposed to play one other team who will also play at the competition in the build-up, but England have reportedly received special dispensation to play both Portugal and Turkey.

The Three Lions will kick off their Euro 2016 campaign on Saturday June 11 against Russia, before taking on Gareth Bale's Wales five days later and facing Slovakia on Monday June 20.

England's next two fixtures are friendlies against Germany and Holland, in Berlin on March 26 and at Wembley on March 29.