England’s Harry Kane (left) with teammates throughout coaching throughout Fifa World Cup 2026m at Swope Soccer Village, Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, US on June 13, 2026. — Reuters
England goalkeeper Dean Henderson mentioned he had his boots again after coaching tools was stolen forward of the squad’s arrival at their World Cup coaching base on Saturday.
Kansas Metropolis mayor Quinton Lucas earlier put out an announcement on the “heist”.
He mentioned officers at “local, state and federal levels” have been investigating the theft from autos transferring tools from England’s coaching camp in Florida.
However is known many of the objects have now been recovered.
Henderson was requested after England’s first coaching session at Swope Soccer Village whether or not he had misplaced his boots.
“I think I did, but I got them back, so it’s all good,” mentioned the Crystal Palace goalkeeper.
“I think they got everything back, so it’s all good.”
Defender Dan Burn was relaxed concerning the episode.
“Obviously it was to do with the police,” he mentioned. “So I don’t know how much people know about it. We didn’t know a lot about it, but I’ve got all my kit and all my boots.”
Thomas Tuchel’s England, among the many favourites to win the World Cup, had a delicate coaching session in entrance of scores of watching followers on Saturday.
They open their World Cup marketing campaign towards Croatia on Wednesday, earlier than additional video games in Group L towards Ghana and Panama.
In the meantime, two males have been charged Saturday over the theft of $18,000-worth of equipment and tools from the England workforce on the World Cup, a US prosecutor mentioned.
Mustafa Salik and Erfan Kamal every face one depend of receiving stolen property, in accordance with an announcement from the workplace of Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson.
The offence beneath Missouri legislation carries a jail sentence of as much as seven years.
Johnson’s workplace mentioned in an announcement that the stolen property is estimated to be value about $18,000.
“Jackson County will not tolerate any criminal activity that targets World Cup visitors, including the international teams that have traveled here to compete,” Johnson mentioned.
“We thank the Kansas City Police Department and our on-call attorneys for their quick work investigating this incident and filing charges immediately.”
