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Everton are investigating a video which allegedly shows England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford at the centre of a street brawl in Sunderland.
The video, which has circulated online, was captured in the hours after Pickfordโs former club Sunderland lost to Portsmouth on penalties in the Checkatrade Trophy final on Sunday.
An Everton statement said: โThe club has been made aware of an alleged incident involving one of our players and we are looking into the matter.โ
In the video, onlookers can be heard shouting โJordanโ as a fight breaks out before the man, believed to be Pickford, is dragged away.
Pickford had played in Evertonโs 2-0 away win over West Ham on Saturday before spending a day off in his home city, where he reportedly watched Sunderlandโs Wembley defeat.
Last month, Everton boss Marco Silva said the 25-year-old needed to show โmore emotional balanceโ after making mental errors in a 3-2 defeat to Sunderlandโs rivals Newcastle.
Pickford came through the ranks with Sunderland but joined Everton for an initial ยฃ25 million when the Black Cats were relegated from the Premier League in June 2017.
He made his England debut five months later and was Gareth Southgateโs first choice at the World Cup, being named man of the match in Englandโs 2-0 win over Sweden in the quarter-finals.
Pickford, capped 17 times, played in both of Englandโs Euro 2020 qualifiers last month.
