KANSAS CITY: The mayor of Kansas Metropolis Quinton Lucas, stated officers at “native, state and federal ranges” had been investigating after World Cup gear belonging to England was stolen forward of the squad’s arrival at their coaching base on Saturday (June 13).
Balls and boots are reportedly among items taken after automobiles transferring gear to the staff’s Swope Soccer Village base had been damaged into, in response to the BBC.
Lucas issued a press release on X with the title: “Assertion on heist in transit of English nationwide staff gear”.
“Yesterday, officers in Kansas Metropolis realized that in some unspecified time in the future between their over-the-road transport from Florida to their arrival on the coaching facility in Kansas Metropolis, items belonging to the English nationwide staff had been stolen from the staff’s transport car,” Lucas stated within the assertion.
“Public security officers on the native, state and federal ranges are working to hint the place in the USA the gadgets had been seized and all people who could have been concerned. Additional data will likely be supplied by authorities at a later time.”
Thomas Tuchel’s England had a coaching session at Swope Soccer Village for the primary time at 5:00 pm (2200 GMT) on Saturday after transferring from their pre-tournament base in Florida.
They open their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Croatia on Wednesday, earlier than additional video games in Group L in opposition to Ghana and Panama.
