England security staff were sent into the trees around England’s training camp in Lyon to eject someone who had been watching the session.

It is not known whether the man had been sent to spy on team training or whether he was just an interested member of the public, but he was removed after security staff were sent to get him.

The incident comes less than 24 hours after England also discovered two members of the USA’s backroom staff wandering around the private area of their team hotel.

When challenged, they said they were there to look at the hotel, which they intended to move into, if they beat England in their World Cup semi-final on Tuesday night.

That provoked fury within the FA who felt it was arrogant and rude, although manager Phil Neville was more relaxed about the situation, he insisted he would never allow anyone from the England set up to behave in the same way.