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  "path": "/2026/06/13/england-raided-world-cup-heist-football-boots-stolen-ahead-croatia-game-28758562/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T05:54:15.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Football",
    "Sport",
    "England men's football team",
    "Harry Kane",
    "Jude Bellingham",
    "Thomas Tuchel",
    "World Cup",
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  "textContent": "The England squad has relocated from Florida to Kansas City (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)\n\nEngland players have had football boots and other key equipment stolen just days ahead of their World Cup opener against Croatia.\n\nThe Three Lions have been based in Florida since touching down in the US at the start of June but made the journey to Kansas City on Friday where their camp will be based for the duration of the competition.\n\nThomas Tuchel’s side were scheduled to hold their first training session at their new base on Saturday afternoon with their equipment scheduled to arrive beforehand.\n\nThere are fears boots belonging to stars including Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane were among the items nicked from vehicles transferring the equipment to their Swope Soccer Village base.\n\n##  It's finally here\n\nGet everything you need to know about the World Cup – England updates, the games to watch and stories you missed – in five minutes, at 1pm, every day. Sign up here.\n\nPolice officers were on site on Friday night with two arrests believed to have been made.\n\nIt leaves England staff scrambling to find what equipment is available to them ahead of training today. Official tournament balls and other items of equipment are also believed to have gone missing.\n\nThe Kansas City, Missouri Police Department said: ‘We are investigating a possible theft of equipment from a team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with items missing this evening. The investigation is ongoing.’\n\nOfficial match balls were among the items believed to have been pinched (Getty Images)\n\n**Metro** have contacted the FA for comment.\n\nEngland face Croatia in their Group L opener on Wednesday 17 June with the incident handing staff a major headache.\n\nThe theft could disrupt Tuchel’s final preparations (Picture: Getty Images)\n\nTuchel and his staff have been meticulously planning every detail behind the scenes to ensure the men’s team is best equipped to win their first trophy since 1966 but those plans may have now been disrupted.\n\nEngland’s preparations since arriving in the US have otherwise gone smoothly.\n\nWarm-up games against New Zealand, Costa Rica and a local Miami side helped the squad acclimatise to the heat and humidity in Florida, likely to be the toughest conditions they will face at any stage of the competition.\n\nThree wins in those games, with no goals conceded, and no fresh injury problems served as a major boost for Tuchel and the squad ahead of their opener next week.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "England raided in World Cup heist with football boots stolen ahead of Croatia game"
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