Featured Image Credit: X/@scout_eurasia
Topics: England, Lee Carsley
Jack Kenmare
Ethan Nwaneri and his England under-21 teammates were understandably furious after a fan appeared to climb onto a window ledge before filming them in the dressing room.
Lee Carsley's side got their U21 European Championship qualifying campaign off to a flying start with a convincing 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan.
Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri opened the scoring for England before Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jobe Bellingham headed home to double their advantage with just 23 minutes played at the Ortalyq Stadion.
After the full-time whistle on Monday, the young Three Lions headed back to their dressing room and, as per The Sun, they caught a supporter spying on them getting dressed.
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In fact, a clip of the incident emerged on X, with user Scout in Eurasia commenting: "It is reported that the England U21 youth team was unhappy about being filmed in the locker room."
The account added: "One of the most vocal opponents of this was Ethan Nwaneri, who strongly opposed it."
The clip sees Nwaneri and one of his teammates trying to stop the fan from filming, with the Arsenal teenager seen throwing a towel at the window in an attempt to block the camera.
Tottenham midfielder Archie Gray was among those to express his anger at the situation.
Fans were quick to condemn the footage, with one saying: "I’m not surprised. Extremely weird behaviour," while another commented: "That’s so creepy, why are you even filming them in their locker room???????"
A third added: "The person recording that should be named and shamed. That’s disgusting."
SPORTbible has reached out to the FA for comment.
Speaking ahead of the game against Kazakhstan, Gray spoke about the chance to make history at this summer's tournament.
“There’s not many of the same players as last time, so I definitely feel like an older one even though I’m not," he told England's official website.
"We’ve got a good group and it’s a young squad, so there’s a lot we can all improve on for the next two days. It’s an exciting group.”
He added: “I think the message is sort of similar. We’ve got the chance to create history again and Cars was saying there’s no team that’s ever won it three times in a row, so we’ve got to be pushing for that every camp."