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The FA are seeking permission from Public Health England for Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell to take part in socially-distanced training with their team-mates over the next few days in the hope they can play some part in the last-16 tie next Tuesday.
Gareth Southgate has not written off the chances of either player being used in England’s first knockout game at Wembley, despite the fact they have to self-isolate until Monday following their close contact with Billy Gilmour last Friday.
But the extent of their involvement in the match is likely to be determined by how effectively they can train over the next week.
The FA will ask if Ben Chilwell (left) and Mason Mount (right) can take part in socially-distance training ahead of England's Euro 2020 last-16 match
The FA are hopeful that, if the Chelsea pair continue to record daily negatve tests, they will be gradually allowed back into group training.
Public Health England told the FA initially that Mount and Chilwell would have to train on their own at St George’s Park until Monday when confirming the pair had to isolate on Tuesday morning, but Southgate has asked officials for clarification.
The FA are understood to have pointed Public Health England to the precedent of socially-distanced training set by the Premier League clubs ahead of Project Restart last summer, when players were initially only permitted to work in
