Manchester players on either side, Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden have been sent home from the national team after they secretly brought girls to the hotel room. They certainly went against the guidelines and protocols.
The two youngsters featured in the 1-0 win over Iceland and were also their debut matches. The England manager has then given his own opinion concerning the recent news.
In the words of Gareth Southgate;
"Unfortunately this morning it was brought to my attention that two boys have broken the Covid guidelines in terms of our secure bubble and we had to decide very quickly that they could't have any interaction with the team or travel to training.
"Given the procedures we have to follow they will have to travel home separately."
"Nothing has happened in the areas we occupy in the hotel.
"We are still getting to the depths of all the information because this was only brought to my attention a couple of hours before training, so I'm still getting to grips with the detail.
"What is clear is there is a breach of the Covid-19 guidelines. The whole squad have really followed that to the letter. I'm not going into any more details until I'm aware of everything.
"We've spent a long time putting the guidelines in place, and the whole squad have followed that to the letter.
"We've had four tests in the period we've been together, our staff have done an incredible job of keeping it secure and tight, which was so important both to get the games played and also for the safety and security of our team and staff.
"So in that respect we have no alternative but to do what we are doing."
"It is a very serious situation and we have treated it that way.
"Obviously they have been naive, we have dealt with it appropriately. I recognise their age but the whole world is dealing with this pandemic.
"These are two boys I don’t know particularly well at the moment so can’t speak in great depth. I have got to try and speak with them later in the appropriate way.
"They have got responsibilities and they have apologised.
"Unfortunately the two boys are going to find themselves in a situation where there's going to be a lot of judgement of them from afar.
"So it's not for me to make that more difficult for them. They understand their responsibilities.
"They understand they've got this wrong."
Watch footage of when the girls were in the room with both youngsters;
Footage of Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden in the hotel in Iceland. pic.twitter.com/AamTEissem
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