Mexico Players Return $1 Million in Rolex Watches to Sidestep Rule Violation Ahead of England World Cup Showdown

MEXICO stars have been forced to return $1million-worth of luxury watches ahead of the last-16 showdown with England.

The luxury Swiss timepieces had been gifted to them by US YouTuber Stephen Deleonardis.

The man known online as SteveWillDoIt had staked $2million on El Tri beating Ecuador in the

And once he banked his winnings Deleonardis headed to Mexico City to reward coach Javier Aguirre and his players.

The squad was reported to be “surprised and thrilled” to get their hands on a Rolex each.

So much so that they tossed Deleonardis into the air in a replica of their post-match victory celebration.

A statement on x.com said: “By mutual agreement, our players decided to return to the content creator the watches that he had gifted them on his own initiative.”

England’s World Cup match against Mexico following ominous weather warnings.

The clash at the iconic Azteca Stadium is due to get underway at 1am on Monday –

But Fifa considered moving the kick-off time forward to midday in Mexico City – – with severe thunderstorms forecast locally.

Fifa later made a U-turn and confirmed the original kick-off time will stand – despite Sky Sports reporting 80 per cent chance of thunderstorms, which would threaten to delay kick-off to even later in the night.

Under tournament safety rules, any lightning strike detected within eight miles of the stadium triggers an automatic 30-minute delay.

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