LIVE: The unlikely mascot willing England home

The England shot squad is known arsenic the Three Lions - a nickname taken from their emblem.

And portion the large cats adorn the player's uniforms, the players themselves person adopted a smaller 1 arsenic the team's unofficial mascot.

England stars John Stones and Kyle Walker person gone truthful acold arsenic to perpetrate to taking Dave the Cat backmost location with them should they spell each the mode and triumph the World Cup.

Dave wandered into the team's grooming basal astatine the commencement of the tournament, and helium has go an icon for the squad and their fans.

"The archetypal time we got there, we got similar small array astir the corner, the adjacent infinitesimal Dave pops up," Stones said connected England's Instagram page.

"Now each nighttime he's sat determination waiting for his food. But the different time helium really didn't devour each of his food, we were a spot annoyed astatine him, deliberation he's getting a spot greedy."

The squad has gone truthful acold arsenic to telephone him their "lucky charm".

When helium was progressive successful a combat with different moggie, the squad helped dainty injuries to his leg.

"He had a small scrap with different feline the different night. I deliberation they are warring implicit territory and the food. But he's doing well," Walker said astatine a property conference.

"Hopefully I tin instrumentality to my committedness that helium volition travel location with america if we were to triumph the World Cup. Dave's fine, convey you for asking."

There are reportedly immoderate 3 cardinal stray cats successful Qatar.

Earlier this week, Brazil's property serviceman made headlines erstwhile helium threw a stray tabby onto the level during a property conference.

The authoritative was sitting adjacent to Vinicius Jr erstwhile the feline jumped onto the table.

He picked it up and threw it onto the floor.