Jude Bellingham is set to play against Switzerland on Saturday despite being fined €30,000 (£25,400) and receiving a suspended one-match ban from UEFA for his inappropriate gesture following England’s dramatic equalizer against Slovakia.

Bellingham was caught on TV kissing his right hand before making a crotch-grabbing gesture, which he explained as an “inside joke” directed at friends present at the game, not at the Slovakia bench.

UEFA’s control, ethics, and disciplinary body found Bellingham guilty of “violating the basic rules of decent conduct,” stating that the suspension will not be immediately enforced and is subject to a one-year probationary period from the date of the decision.

Additionally, UEFA fined the Football Association €10,000 for crowd disturbances and €1,000 for England fans lighting fireworks at the same match.

All 26 England players trained on Friday ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final. Gareth Southgate is expected to switch to a back three and must decide whether to start Luke Shaw, who has been out since February due to a hamstring injury. Bukayo Saka is another option at left wing-back, with either Kieran Trippier or Trent Alexander-Arnold likely to play at right wing-back.

UEFA has also banned Turkey’s Merih Demiral for two matches for his politically charged “wolf” celebration, mimicking a wolf’s head with his fingers after scoring his second goal in Turkey’s last-16 victory over Austria. This gesture is associated with the right-wing extremist nationalist group Grey Wolves.

UEFA stated that Demiral was punished “for failing to comply with the general principles of conduct, violating the basic rules of decent conduct, using sports events for non-sporting manifestations, and bringing the sport of football into disrepute.”

Demiral and the Turkish government have defended the gesture as a normal expression of patriotic pride. Turkey’s ambassador to Germany was summoned to the foreign ministry in Berlin over the salute.

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