New controversy within the English team. If in the last concentration the scandal of Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden came to light, who broke the anti-COVID rules by meeting two Icelandic girls in their concentration hotel, now they are Tammy Abraham (23 years old), Ben Chillwel (23) and Jadon Sancho (20) the protagonists of the new incident. The trio of internationals gathered at a party to celebrate the Chelsea forward's birthday. The problem? The gathering was 20 people, when UK law does not allow groups of more than six people in the same place to, thus, fight against the spread of the virus. In addition, as the following tweet shows, Sancho missed the last games with Dortmund and did not train last week, a fact that must have bothered the German team.
Jadon Sancho, Tammy Abraham and Ben Chilwell all broke COVID-19 rules this weekend and attended a party in London.
Dortmund are furious with Sancho because he has missed the last two games with illness and didn’t attend training all week. pic.twitter.com/unDSRJQLTj
– Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) October 5, 2020
In the images, shared by 'The Sun', Young people can be seen without a mask, or with it under the chin, in the case of the Borussia Dortmund winger, dancing with the rest of the guests and without respecting the safety distance. The party took place after the victory of the 'blue' team against Crystal Palace (4-0) on the 30th, just 36 hours before the list for England's matches was announced for this international break. “He didn't know what was going to happen. Neither he nor Sancho drank alcohol.”says a source close to Abraham in statements collected by the aforementioned media, in which he states that the event was a surprise for the birthday boy.
No penalty
The English Federation has analyzed the images, which have circulated on social networks, and has decided not to take action on the matter, so the three protagonists will be part of the squad led by Gareth Southgate. The coach, for his part, has not come forward. Therefore, the trio will have to take the tests like the rest of their teammates and will remain isolated until Thursday's friendly at Wembley against Wales.
Abraham has apologized
The main protagonist of the event has apologized and explained what happened: “I got home and found a little surprise meeting. Even though I was not aware this was planned, I would like to apologize from the bottom of my heart for the naivety shown. when organizing and attending the meeting. All I can do is learn from it, apologize to everyone, and assure that it won't happen again. “