England’s players are at odds with the FA over who should pay to terminate their contract with 1966 Entertainment, the company that manages their commercial deals while on international duty. The FA’s view is that it is the players’ responsibility to negotiate severance terms with 1966 Entertainment over a contract that has 12 years to run — either through offering compensation or agreeing to withhold a part of their future commercial earnings that have already been set up by the company. But the England Players’ Committee, led by Harry Kane, is refusing to pay on the grounds that the deal was negotiated before any of the existing squad were playing for their country. David Beckham was largely responsible for the original contract between the players