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Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand pledges to volunteer in Grenfell Tower relief effort and to help find new homes for survivors

Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand has pledged to offer his services to the Grenfell Tower relief effort by helping to find new homes for survivors.

Bertrand, 27, who featured for England in this week's friendly defeat to France in Paris, revealed on Twitter that he wants to help out those affected by the fire disaster by doing more than just donating.

Fifty-eight people are missing and presumed dead and Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy, the officer in charge of the investigation, has warned the death toll could rise further.

Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand has pledged to help the Grenfell Tower relief effort
Southampton defender Ryan Bertrand has pledged to help the Grenfell Tower relief effort
The death toll caused by the tower block fire in the north Kensington currently stands at 30
Fifty-eight people are missing and presumed dead after the tower fire in north Kensington
As many as 76 people are still missing

Bertrand said: 'I went to Grenfell Tower.