Gareth Southgate insists the Football Association has had assurances over fan safety ahead of England’s trip to Europe’s football hooligan hotspot.
Around 2,500 England fans are expected to fly to Naples next week for the Euro 2024 qualifier which will come just a week after horrific violent scenes in the Italian city. Napoli’s notorious ultras clashed with German fans and the riots overshadowed their Champions League tie with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Napoli’s owner has claimed the scenes were reminiscent of English hooliganism in the 1980s and they needed a Margaret Thatcher figure to step in. Liverpool fans were targeted in all three of their last trips to Naples while English supporters have been stabbed and violently attacked at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
