Greenwood And Foden Greenwood To Leave England Camp After Quarantine Breach

By Daily sports on September 8, 2020

Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood are to leave the England camp after an “unacceptable” breach of coronavirus quarantine guidelines in Iceland.

The Football Association is investigating the breaches after Saturday’s 1-0 Nations League victory.

Manchester City midfielder Foden, 20, and Manchester United forward Greenwood, 18, both made their senior international debuts in the game.

Manager Gareth Southgate said they had been “naïve” and had apologised.

“It’s a very serious situation and we have treated it that way and have acted as quickly as we have been able to,” he added.

“We have dealt with it appropriately. I recognise their age but the whole world is dealing with this pandemic.”

According to reports in Icelandic and other media, Foden and Greenwood allegedly met two girls in a separate part of the hotel away from where the England team were staying.

When asked about the reports, Southgate said: “Nothing has happened in the areas we occupy in the team hotel.

“We are still getting to the depths of all the information because it was only brought to my attention only a couple of hours before training.

“We had to decide very quickly that they couldn’t have any interaction with the rest of the team, wouldn't be able to travel to training.

“Given the procedures that we have to follow now, they’ll have to travel back to England separately.”

Later on Monday, an FA spokesperson said: “Whilst in Iceland, both Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood spent time outside of our private team area, which was a breach of our Covid-19 rules.

“While they did not leave the team hotel, it was an unacceptable breach of our protocol. They have both apologised for their serious lack of judgement.”

The FA has launched a “full investigation” and apologised to the Football Association of Iceland, saying it is “taking the appropriate steps”. It has also assured the Danish Football Union “that all other players and staff members have been isolated within our group throughout this period”.

Southgate has not chosen to call up any replacements and will have a 21-man squad to choose from for the match against Denmark in the Nations League on Tuesday. (BBC)

•PHOTO: Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden 

Source Daily sports

Posted September 8, 2020


 

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