Captain David Beckham insists any "crisis" within the England camp is now over.
Beckham announced at a news conference in Istanbul that the players had put the row resulting from Rio Ferdinand's exclusion from the squad behind them.
But he added the players remain unhappy at the Football Association's handling of Ferdinand's failure to attend a routine drugs test last month.
"The crisis has gone now," Beckham said, as England prepare to face Turkey in a game to decide the winners of Euro 2004 qualifying group seven on Saturday.
But he added: "We fully recognise that Rio should not have missed the first drugs test.
"But we've gone on record to say that what happened afterwards was what we were unhappy with as a squad.
"The players and the FA have made a couple of statements to clear things up until at least after the game.
"The issue is now a matter for the FA and now we want to concentrate on the big game we have got on Saturday."
England's under-fire players were reported to be planning to table a written vote of no-confidence against Football Association chief executive Mark Palios in the wake of Ferdinand's absence from the England squad.
But Beckham said the ensuing row has only served to help England's players bond.
He added: "This has been a very difficult week for all the players and the FA.
"But, in a weird way, this has brought the players in the squad closer together. We are definitely up for the game and we are focussed and will be fighting.
"We are prepared to take the criticism because we put ourselves there. But once we are on the pitch people will see what football means to us.
"We have something to prove and we will be playing our hearts out for our country, the fans and for ourselves." The England squad issued a statement on Wednesday, airing their anger but calling off any threat of boycotting Saturday's crucial game in Istanbul.
But the players are still reported to be ready to follow up with a written attack on Palios following Saturday's game in Istanbul.
FA spokesman Adrian Bevington refused to comment on the issue, insisting focus turned to Saturday's Group Seven game in Istanbul.
"It has been a long week and there has been a lot of talk about a lot of issues, but we must now concentrate on football," Bevington said.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was also blocked from answering any non-football related questions, but the threat of a vote of no-confidence highlights the gulf between the footballers and the FA created by the crackdown on Ferdinand.
The England squad and the Professional Footballers' Association were angry that Ferdinand was dropped and his anonymity breached before his case had been heard.
Ferdinand faces an FA hearing on Monday, while further meetings between the FA and the England players appear inevitable.
The FA insisted it would not back down on the decision to leave Ferdinand behind but has promised to listen to some of the players' other grievances.
Palios took over as FA chief executive in the summer and immediately promised to come down hard on any breaches of discipline.
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