Swansea City’s US tour ends in chaos as Leroy Fer loses his passport and flight home is CANCELLED
SWANSEA CITY’S US tour ended in chaos as one of their star’s lost his passport and their flight home was CANCELLED.
Paul Clement’s side were due to return to the UK together on Sunday.
Leroy Fer caused panic when he lost his passport on the return from Swansea’s pre-season trip to the USRex FeaturesPaul Clement and his squad were forced to travel home separately after their flight was cancelledReuters
They had warmed up for the new Premier League campaign Stateside with games against Philadelphia Union, Richmond Kickers and North Carolina FC.
But their travel plans turned into a nightmare when their flight was cancelled.
And things got worse when midfielder Leroy Fer was left in a panic after losing his passport.
Swansea captain Leon Britton revealed: “The gaffer gave us a bit of time off after the final game to let our hair down a little after a tough 10 days.
“The good mood was short lived though after we found out British Airways had cancelled our scheduled flight back to Heathrow.
“Apparently the club only found out by chance it had been cancelled and travel manager Rob Young pulled out all the stops at the last minute to get us home.
Leroy Fer lost his passport on the way to the airportReutersAfter a frantic search the star eventually found it exactly where he’d left itRex Features
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“It meant the club had to charter a plane to fly everyone from North Carolina to New York. From there we had to split the group up and take two separate flights to Heathrow.
“It didn’t all go to plan after Leroy left his passport on the charter flight.
“There was no way they would let him fly to Heathrow without it, even though the club had a photocopy of it at hand.
Swansea captain Leon Britton revealed the nightmare trip homePA:Press AssociationLeon Britton and his teammates had faced Philadelphia Union, Richmond Kickers and North Carolina FCReutersPaul Clement’s side’s British Airways flight was back to Heathrow was cancelledReuters
“Two hours later and countless calls to see if they could find it on the plane or the bus that transported him to JFK it eventually turned up, exactly where he said he left it.”
Clement‘s Swansea had drawn with Philadelphia and Carolina during the trip.
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