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Lionesses stars Alessia Russo & Ella Toone reveal they hilariously once hid England team-mate Georgia Stanway in a suitcase

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Russo and Toone claimed that they were absolute pranksters in their youngster days as they claimed they hid Lionesses team-mate and Bayern Munich star Georgia Stanway in a suitcase in 2017 while they were part of the England squad at the U17 Women's World Cup.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The Arsenal and Manchester United stars also recalled their mischievous childhood days while they attended classes of an educational officer named Mike at the British embassy in Belarus before their GCSE exams. The duo stated that they still kept in touch with the officer and claimed they were his favourite students despite all their pranks during his classes.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Speaking on their <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hzvdm0" target="_blank">podcast</a>, Russo said: "I remember when we were at the World Cup in Jordan, we must have been about 15, 16 years old and we hid one of the girls in a suitcase.Toone then interrupted and said, "Yeah we hid Georgia Stanway! There's a video of her and we were dragging her round and that and Mike's going, 'Girls! Get back to your schoolwork! Can you just do your work?'." <blockquote class="twitter-tweet">They did WHAT to Georgia Stanway?! Listen to the Tooney &amp; Russo Show on BBC sounds and watch on YouTube. 🎧 <a href="https://t.co/RG4TgOiK2o">https://t.co/RG4TgOiK2o</a> <a href="https://t.co/jngXZ7VDvZ">pic.twitter.com/jngXZ7VDvZ</a>— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1795007030047977739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAS BEEN SAID

The Lionesses started training at St. George's Park on Monday as they prepare to take on France in back-to-back <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/england-womens-lionesses-fixtures-results-schedule-tv-streams/blt46e43028ee731271" target="_blank">Euro 2025 qualifying games</a> on May 31 and June 4.

WHAT NEXT FOR ENGLAND?

Lionesses stars Alessia Russo & Ella Toone reveal they hilariously once hid England team-mate Georgia Stanway in a suitcase | Goal.com

England stars Alessia Russo and Ella Toone made a hilarious revelation that they once hid team-mate Georgia Stanway in a suitcase.