Stolen England training equipment recovered

June 13, 2026 No Comments

Stolen England training equipment recoveredImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Thomas Tuchel’s England start their World Cup campaign on WednesdayBySami Mokbel

Senior football correspondent

13 June 2026, 02:27 BST

Updated 3 minutes ago

England have recovered the majority of the training equipment that was stolen prior to their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.

Sources have validated the return of the items that were taken after vehicles transferring equipment to their Swope Soccer Village base in Kansas City were broken into.

Thomas Tuchel and his squad will arrive in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon and the equipment was due to be in place beforehand.

Police officers, who are in touch with the FA, were on site on Friday night dealing with the matter.

It is understood two arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

A spokesman for Kansas Police stated before the recovery of the equipment: “We are investigating a possible theft of equipment from a team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with items missing this evening. The investigation is ongoing.”

The theft occurred as Tuchel’s side began their preparations for their World Cup opener against Croatia on Wednesday (21:00 BST).

“We have plenty of pairs of boots throughout the season, but for the tournament a lot of them will have them personalised,” former England defender Phil Jagielka told BBC Sport.

“A lot of them may have their own special insoles. Then you could choose whether to have the flag, your initials, your kids’ [names], nicknames… All this would have been done months in advance.”

The England players will undertake their first full training day on Sunday.