Borussia Dortmund forward Jadon Sancho has been fined by the German Football League after he was pictured getting a home haircut without wearing a face mask.
Sancho’s team-mate Manuel Akanji has also been fined.
Photos of the players getting a trim from celebrity barber Winnie Nana Karkari earlier this week were shared on social media by German publication Bild. Neither of the two was wearing a face mask therefore flouting the coronavirus protocols in place in Germany.
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The German Football League said the two violated ‘’hygiene and infection protection standards’’.
The DFL have not revealed the value of the fine and the players have 5 days to respond to register an appeal.
The DFL statement read: ’’The DFL fines Manuel Akanji and Jadon Sancho. The Borussia Dortmund players had apparently violated general hygiene and infection protection standards in home dressing appointments, and in particular the medical and organisational concept of the DFL task force ‘Sports Medicine / Special Game Operations’. This can be seen in photos published in media and on social media.
‘’There is no question that professional footballers also to get their hair cut. However, this currently has to be done in accordance with the medical-organisational concept. In specific cases, the club had also provided its players with a corresponding opportunity.
‘’The concept of the DFL task force forms the basis for the current special game operations in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga and was included in the DFL rules of procedure as legally binding annex to the DFL general assembly.
‘’In principle, the DFL does not provide any information amount the amount of penalty in contractual penalty proceedings. Players have the right to lodge a complaint within five days. The penalties are expressly not directed against any club, for which no ‘organisational fault’ is recognisable.’’
Karkari is said to have visited the players on May 28, with Sancho sporting a notice-ably tidier hairstyle in the 6-1 win over Paderborn on Sunday.
The England international scored a hat-trick in that win.
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