England players will avoid using social media during Euro 2024 – and some are set to

England players will turn a blind eye to their social media accounts during Euro 2024 to avoid distractions during the tournament amid the ongoing issue of online abuse directed at footballers.

The Football Association have not provided the squad with official guidance over how to approach their social accounts during whilst in Germany, but some players have already chosen to leave their pages inactive during the Euros.

Southgate has empowered his players to make their own choices and will stand in his team’s way if they want to engage on socials.

It emerged that England players were sent 1,546 abusive tweets during the group stages of World Cup.

Harry Kane and Declan Rice are among the players who have taken themselves off social media during tournaments.

England’s players are set to deactivate their social media accounts during their Euro 2024 campaign

The Three Lions landed in Germany on Monday and will begin their Euro 2024 campaign on Sunday against Serbia 

England players were also targeted with 12,500 abusive messages during Euro 2020, despite reaching the final of the tournament.

The abuse was aimed mostly towards players through Instagram and Twitter (now X) and contained references to race, ethnicity and religion.

It came after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted by racial abuse after the three players missed penalties during their defeat against Italy in the final.

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