Jude Bellingham is free to play in England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday after being given a one-match suspended ban and fine for a gesture made in the last-16 win over Slovakia.
Uefa announced an investigation into the Real Madrid midfielder after he made a crotch-grabbing gesture towards the Slovakian bench following his late equaliser.
Bellingham, who has made the gesture playing for Real Madrid in the past, denied that it was aimed at England’s opponents.
Responding to the incident on social media, Bellingham said it was “an inside-joke gesture towards some close friends who were at the game”, adding he had “nothing but respect for how Slovakia played”.
