England stars break coronavirus rules AGAIN as Jadon Sancho, Ben Chilwell and Tammy Abraham ignore ‘group of six’ regulations by attending birthday party with 20 people… jeopardising their places in the national team squad
- Jadon Sancho, Ben Chilwell surprised Tammy Abraham for his 23rd birthday
- About 20 people attended the doo at the Chelsea forward’s mansion in London
- The FA have said there will be no changes to the England squad ‘at this stage’
- The incident comes after Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden broke strict coronavirus-bubble rules last month in Iceland
England’s football stars have landed themselves in hot water again after Jadon Sancho, Ben Chilwell and Tammy Abraham attended a party on Saturday night with more than six people, breaking coronavirus regulations.
The trio were at Abraham’s mansion in London celebrating the Chelsea forward’s 23rd birthday with around 20 friends and family, just two days before meeting up with the England squad ahead of Thursday’s friendly against Wales, as reported by The Sun.
The incident is another headache for England manager Gareth Southgate after Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden broke strict covid-bubble rules last month in Iceland, and the three players may now have put their national team-mates in danger by ignoring the ‘group of six’ regulations.
Tammy Abraham (left), Jadon Sancho (right) and Ben Chilwell attended a party on Saturday
England left back and new Chelsea signing Chilwell was present for Abraham’s 23rd birthday
England boss Gareth Southgate has another headache to now deal with after the incident
Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden (pictured) broke protocols after they sneaked girls into their hotel room in Iceland, breaking the team’s anti-Covid-19 bubble
Footage from the surprise party, where social distancing did not seem to be taking place, was posted on social media on Saturday night.
As stated by the UK government, emergency coronavirus laws ban people from mixing in groups of more than six, with fines of up to £10,000.
One video shows Chilwell laughing with his Chelsea and England team-mate Abraham, after seeing him talking to a blonde woman.
Striker Abraham is also videoed alongside his girlfriend, Leah Monroe, as a group of about 20 sing ‘Happy Birthday.’
Sancho, who missed Borussia Dortmund’s win on Saturday reportedly due to illness, is seen with a mask around his chin and dancing amongst a crowd of people.
As per the report in The Sun, one reveller said: ‘It was a great party. We wanted to do something nice for his birthday. But maybe we didn’t think it through.’
A source close to Abraham said of the party: ‘He genuinely had no idea it was going to happen. He and Sancho didn’t drink alcohol.
‘It was family and very close friends only — and they even did temperature checks on arrival.’
The FA examined footage and have said: ‘There will be no change to the England team at this stage.’
Abraham, however, has apologised following his surprise bash, saying: ‘I arrived home to find a small surprise gathering.
‘Though I was totally unaware this was planned, I would like to wholeheartedly apologise for the naivety shown for the organisation and attending of this gathering.
‘All I can do now is learn from it, apologise to everyone and ensure it never happens again.’
Last week, manager Southgate said: ‘I guess what I would say is that players who have worked with us for a long time know how we operate and know that we won’t duck decisions.
‘What we found in the last camp was lots of new players coming in so I think that maybe as a reminder when you have got lots of new players that you have to be a little more… not assuming that people are going to understand how you work and pick it up from the rest of the group.
Greenwood and Foden were dropped from the squad last week following the Iceland incident
‘In what we are dealing with at the moment the interaction with the group is more difficult.
‘Players are not allowed to sit so long together and chat.
‘It’s hard for senior players to mentor younger ones in quite the same way because we are having to sit in masks all the time, we can only sit together for 15 minutes.’