Mason Mount has apologised to manager Frank Lampard after being spotted playing football in public with Declan Rice while he was supposed to be in self-isolation due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Chelsea announced their players would be following government guidelines and self-isolating after Mount’s teammate Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for the condition last week.
Midfielder Mount, though, was seen enjoying a kick-about with West Ham star and his best mate Declan Rice at Trent Park Football centre, near Barnet on Sunday.
Most of Chelsea’s first-team squad and staff who had been on contact with Hudson-Odoi were under orders to stay away from their Cobham training ground for 14 days making a face-to-face meeting with Lampard impossible.