Lifelong Portsmouth fan Mason Mount apologises after playing football amid Chelsea self-isolation
Former Pompey season-ticket holder Mason Mount has apologised to Chelsea bosses for playing football in public when he was meant to be self-isolating due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The lifelong Blues fan was spotted with West Ham star and best friend Declan Rice at a football centre near Barnet on Sunday.
Chelsea’s players have been following government guidelines to self-isolate after Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for coronavirus last week.
The London club’s Cobham training ground will remain closed while the squad and staff are in self-isolation, with training potentially resuming in the week beginning March 23.
Mount, who hails from Purbrook, is understood to have been reminded of his responsibilities by Chelsea.
But the 21-year-old has also spoken to Chelsea chiefs himself by phone to make an apology.
The Premier League is currently suspended until April 4 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rice was not under the same restrictions from West Ham as his England team-mate Mount.