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England have recovered the majority of the training equipment that was stolen prior to their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n
Sources have confirmed the return of the items that were taken after vehicles transferring equipment to their Swope Soccer Village base in Kansas City were broken into.<\/p>\n
Thomas Tuchel and his squad will arrive in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon and the equipment was due to be in place beforehand.<\/p>\n
Police officers, who are in touch with the FA, were on site on Friday night dealing with the matter.<\/p>\n
It is understood two arrests have been made in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for Kansas Police said before the recovery of the equipment: “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.”<\/p>\n
The theft occurred as Tuchel’s side began their preparations for their World Cup opener against Croatia on Wednesday (21:00 BST).<\/p>\n
“We have plenty of pairs of boots throughout the season, but for the tournament a lot of them will have them personalised,” former England defender Phil Jagielka told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“A lot of them may have their own special insoles. Then you could choose whether to have the flag, your initials, your kids’ [names], nicknames… All this would have been done months in advance.”<\/p>\n
The England players will undertake their first full training day on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n