England players will shake hands with Thomas Partey before their second World Cup group game against Ghana.
Partey missed Ghana’s first Group L game against Panama in Toronto after being denied entry into Canada because he is facing several charges of rape and sexual assault in the UK.
England’s Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka are former Arsenal team-mates of Partey, who spent five years at the Emirates.
The Football Association has no fixed position on Partey or his involvement against England and is not expected to issue players with any guidance over shaking hands.
It is, therefore, expected that England players will shake the midfielder’s hand after the national anthems in Boston on Tuesday.
Mark Bullingham, the FA chief executive, said that England have the best chance of doing well at the World Cup if they allow Thomas Tuchel and his players to “focus on football”.
Tuchel said: “At some point it must be allowed for a football team that is sent to a World Cup to be a football team and not be a political statement, be a political role model.”
