Jadon Sancho has labelled the German football league an "absolute joke" after he was fined for getting a haircut.
Sancho and his Borussia Dortmund team-mate Manuel Akanji were slapped with fines after pictures of the pair getting a trim emerged on social media.
Neither players nor hairdresser appeared to wear personal protective equipment in the pictures, which were taken at the footballers' respective homes.
A statement from the German league read: "The DFL has fined Manuel Akanji and Jadon Sancho.
"The players from Borussia Dortmund had obviously violated general hygiene and infection protection standards at home hairdressing appointments and in particular the medical-organisational concept of the DFL task force.
"There is no question that professional footballers also have to have their hair cut. However, this currently has to be done in accordance with the medical-organisational concept."
Sancho responded to the fine on social media, tweeting to his 330k-plus followers on Twitter: "Absolute Joke DFL!"
Dortmund, meanwhile, said in a statement to German outlet Bild: "It is pretty common that our guys must get their hair cut after all these months.
"But it surely is a no-go, from both sides, to not wear a mask. We will remind our players about that very, very clearly. Also: the stylist should ask himself about his behaviour, too."
Barber Winnie Nana Karkari claimed that masks were only taken off for the photographs, adding that he "stuck to all hygiene-rules very strictly".
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