The Bundesliga's health safety protocols were not breached when six Borussia Dortmund players, including England international Jadon Sancho, got their hair cut this week and took photos without face masks, the club said on Thursday.
The 20-year-old Sancho, a rising star and a top transfer target for major clubs, and his team mates got hair cuts and took photos with the hairdresser without any facial protection, which goes against the league's health safety guidelines.
"He should not have done it," Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc told a virtual news conference.
"We were all young once, 18, 19, 20."
"In this current special situation it is not only the coach and the coaching staff but the entire club that has to be careful with discipline.