Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood have been dropped from the England squad after breaking coronavirus guidelines after the 1-0 win over Iceland in Reykjavik, manager Gareth Southgate has confirmed.
The youngsters were handed their debut in Saturday’s Nations League victory and appeared in a Snapchat video posted by one of the girls they are said to have socialised with.
England boss Southgate confirmed that the duo have been sent home and won’t be part of the team to face Denmark on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately this morning it was brought to my attention that the two boys have broken the COVID guidelines in terms of our secure bubble – we had to decide they couldn’t have interaction with the rest of the team,” he said.
“They’ll have to travel back to England separately.”
Southgate confirmed the breach occurred outside the hotel where the England squad was.
“Nothing has happened in the areas we occupy in the team hotel,” he insisted.
“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, I am still getting to grips with some of the detail.
“What is clear is that there was a breach of the coronavirus guidelines. We spent such a long time getting those measures in place, the whole squad followed that together.
“We have had four tests in the period we have been together. Our staff have been incredible in keeping that secure and tight.
“In that respect we have no alternative but to do what we are doing.”
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