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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

FA concerned England World Cup training ground lacks privacy after spygate scandal

An aerial view of Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, the official base camp for England
England will be based in Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City this summer which was their second choice. Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

The Football Association is worried England’s World Cup training ground in Kansas City lacks privacy and will try to erect protective fences to guard against the team being spied on by rivals.

The English game is in the grip of the spygate scandal, which has led to Southampton being expelled from Saturday’s Championship playoff final for illegally surveilling the training sessions of their opponents, and the FA will not take any chances when England arrive at their World Cup base on 13 June.

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