Kyle Walker laughed off Eric Dier and Dele Alli's baiting of him on England's flight to Malta, with Gareth Southgate defending his players' social media antics.
On a day when most people's attention was focused on the impending transfer deadline, eyebrows were raised by a live Instagram post by Alli.
Manchester City's Walker was called a "traitor'' during an exchange with former Tottenham teammates Alli and Dier, only to retort that there was no problem when the latter was interested in a move to Manchester United.
The pair are pictured hugging after in the post that Walker believes has been blown out of proportion, calling his former club teammates "the Chuckle brothers.