Bradford City's squad has been giving their predictions for the FIFA World Cup, which begins later today with joint-hosts Mexico facing South Africa. The Bantams players are backing a mix of teams, including England, Argentina, and Japan. Speaking to the club's media team, Antoni Sarcevic, Josh Neufville, and Kayden Jackson all said they expect the great Lionel Messi, who turns 39 later this month, to inspire Argentina to the trophy just as he did four years ago. But new signing Jake Beesley is among those backing England, that view shared by Jenson Metcalfe, Bobby Pointon, Ibou Touray, Matt Pennington, and Harry Ibbitson. Aden Baldwin and Sam Walker are away in Portugal together, and while the former is also backing England, the latter’s head is saying France will avenge their final heartbreak in Qatar. Meanwhile, Zac Hadi is backing Iraq to pull off an almighty shock. But that is not so surprising given his family background, with the young keeper holding both English and Iraqi citizenship. Finally, George Lapslie’s take is certainly an eyebrow raiser. The Bantams midfielder is tipping Japan to win this year’s tournament, despite the Samurai Blue never having gone beyond the last-16 of a FIFA World Cup before.