West Brom investigate four senior players amid stolen taxi allegations

Four senior West Brom players were involved in “an incident” during a mid-winter training trip to Spain, the club confirmed on Friday.

The club was forced to issue a statement after reports that the four players were interviewed by the Spanish police for allegedly stealing a taxi after a night out in Barcelona.

According to a report in The Sun, the can was driven through a McDonald’s drive-thru before being abandoned outside the five-star hotel the players were staying in.

The Baggies, who currently sit at the bottom of the Premier League, announced that they have opened an investigation into the matter.

The club say the quartet will be “subject to the full rigours of our internal disciplinary procedures”, and that they will make no further comment until their investigation is completed.

The statement said: “The club can confirm that four senior players were involved in an incident during this week’s mid-winter training trip to Spain.

“The club has instigated its own investigation into the incident and the players will be subject to the full rigours of our internal disciplinary procedures.

“Until such time as that investigation has been completed, the club will not be making any further comment.”

Regional Mossos d’Esquadra police earlier confirmed the incident as the players flew back home.

A source told The Sun: “It appears the players had headed to the Barcelona Olympic Port but found everything closed so late on which is normal for midweek.

“They decided to take a taxi to a McDonald’s drive-through nearby and somehow and for some reason, left there in the cab but without the cab driver.

“The receptionist at the hotel they were staying at phoned police when she saw the taxi had been left unattended outside.”