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England Drops Foden, Greenwood for Breaking Bubble Rules, Meeting Women in Iceland

The young duo broke coronavirus protocols in Iceland and have been sent back to their Manchester clubs.

LONDON (AP) — England players Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood were sent home and dropped for Tuesday’s game against Denmark after breaching coronavirus rules in Iceland.

Foden and Greenwood both made their England debuts in the 1-0 victory over Iceland in the Nations League on Saturday.

But they will return to England from Reykjavik rather than traveling to Copenhagen on Monday after social media video was published in Iceland purporting to show the players meeting women from outside the team bubble.

“Unfortunately this morning it was brought to my attention that two of the boys have broken the COVID guidelines in terms of our secure bubble,” England coach Gareth Southgate said. “So we had to decide very quickly that they couldn’t have any interaction with the rest of the team and and wouldn’t be able