Wolverhampton Wanderers and England Under-21 midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White is currently facing disciplinary action by his club Wolverhampton for breaking the coronavirus lockdown rules. 20-years-Morgan Gibbs-White was posted on Snapchat in a party in central London with friends last week.
Wolverhampton management has come out to condemn the action on the midfielder, they said they are currently dealing with the matter internally. Last month Morgan Gibbs-White was advising his Instagram followers who are over 50,000 to stay at home and also said: “do our bit to support the NHS”.
The player never knew was going to be the one that later go against his own advice. His footage was seen in a Snapchat video in a party and this is against the lockdown rules in the United Kingdom. Morgan Gibbs-White is not the first to break the lockdown rule, some Tottenham players were caught last month for this offence and where punished.
Footballers to have breached lockdown guidelines Apart from Morgan Gibbs-White
- Manchester City defender Kyle Walker was reported to have hosted a party involving two sex workers and then travelled to South Yorkshire to visit his sister and parents at different addresses. He has written to some of the club’s supporters to apologise.
- Everton striker Moise Kean is set to be disciplined by the club after being filmed at a house party.
- Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish was pictured at the scene of a car crash, after going to “see a friend”. He apologised and said he was “deeply embarrassed”.
- Tottenham’s Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko apologised for training together despite the coronavirus restrictions.
- Spurs manager Jose Mourinho “accepted his actions were not in line with the protocol” after being pictured holding a one-on-one training session in a park with midfielder Tanguy Ndombele.
- Arsenal spoke to all their players after Alexandre Lacazette, David Luiz, Nicolas Pepe and Granit Xhaka were pictured breaking social distancing guidelines.
- Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount was pictured having a kickabout with West Ham’s Declan Rice despite team-mate Callum Hudson-Odoi testing positive for coronavirus and Mount being told to self-isolate for 14 days.
