England coach Gareth Southgate says Raheem Sterling apologized to the team for reporting late to the World Cup training camp and they have moved on.
Sterling arrived at the camp on Wednesday, a day later as they were to report back to training on Tuesday. It is reported that his delay was due to a mix-up with his flights from Jamaica back to the United Kingdom.
“In fairness to him, he wanted to apologize to the group, explained his commitment to the team, and it’s done. Everybody moved on. That’s part of the long discussion we had when we went for a walk,” Southgate said.
“He was given off until the Tuesday night and he arrived on Wednesday morning. So, he was late. That was dealt with. And we discussed it as a group and moved on,” he added.
England are preparing for their first pre-World Cup friendly, against Nigeria at Wembley on Saturday.