Wayne Rooney is set to lose his England captaincy after defying Gareth Southgate during his recent ‘boozy antics’.
According to The Sun, Rooney’s place not only as international skipper but also in the squad is under scrutiny, after it emerged that interim manager Southgate ‘ordered’ him to go to bed as he was drinking at a wedding reception in a hotel the England players were staying in.
Neil Ashton claims that Southgate told the 31-year-old to ‘finish up for the night’, and that Rooney initially ‘disappeared’. However, the forward returned later in the night, defying his manager.
The Manchester United striker has already apologised for the incident, while the Mailbox expressed sympathy for him.
The Sun, who first released the pictures of Rooney partying at a hotel until 5am in the morning during international duty – albeit on a designated day off – add that he ‘now faces an uncertain future with the national team’.
FA chief executive Martin Glenn said: “We’re getting a proper investigation of what actually went on – ‘were there other FA staff involved – yes or no?’ – and we’re doing a review of it obviously.
“It’s disappointing. I think it’s appropriate he apologised because it doesn’t set a great tone for the England captain but, that said, I don’t want to over-dramatise it either.
“We’re talking to anyone who was there on Saturday night to find out if anyone from the backroom staff was involved and then we’ll take a view, but we don’t know what the facts are yet.
“I think it’d be ‘why on earth are you doing that given there is an understanding, a team agreement around alcohol consumption during camps?’, so there would be questions asked for sure.”
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