England’s World Cup stars look unrecognisable in cute childhood photos – but can you tell who is who?

FOR these footie-mad cheeky chappies their dreams have come true – they’re going to play at the World Cup.

Some of the players named in England’s squad by manager Gareth Southgate on Thursday celebrated by posting cute throwback pics of themselves.

Leicester City midfielder James Maddison showed he was England-crazy as a kid – complete with St George’s cross face paint.

The in-form star was the big late addition to the squad heading to Qatar.

There is one weekend of Premier League matches left before the squad fly out to the tournament.

Here are some of the England players when they were dreaming of World Cup glory  . . . and where their footie dreams began.