As they prepared face the Czech Republic today and Bulgaria on Monday, England's players have stated that if any of their players are targeted by racist abuse in either of their Euro 2020 qualifiers matches, they will be prepared to walk off the pitch in defiant protest, according to striker, Tammy Abraham.

There already is a UEFA order for the partial closure of Bulgaria's national stadium following racist behaviour by their fans in Euro 2020 qualifying games against the Czech Republic and Kosovo in June.

Chelsea striker, Abraham, said: "If it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.

"Our captain (Harry Kane) said that if we're not happy, if a player is not happy, we all come off the pitch together."

Bulgaria’s club sides, PFC Levski Sofia and PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv, were punished by Uefa for racism during Europa League games.

UEFA has a three-step protocol for racial abuse which ends with the officials abandoning a match if announcements inside a stadium do not stop the problem.

Abraham said: "We’ve spoken about the protocol and Harry (Kane) did ask the question about instead of going through the three steps, if we decide that we want to stop the game - no matter what the score is - if we're not happy with it, as a team we'll decide whether or not to stay on the pitch.

"If it happens and, say, there's a warning in the stadium, then it happens again, we have to make a decision within the team and the staff".

Last month England manager, Gareth Southgate, said that he would talk to the players and Abraham says that they decided that they will take matters into their own hands if needs be.

The issue of racism is not exclusive to mainland Europe.

Last year Southgate commented that England still has work to do on home soil.

Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings says that it is "disappointing" to have to deal with racism in football in 2019 but echoed Southgate's comments from last year that England still has work to do on home soil.

Villa's recent 5-1 win at Norwich was followed by the club saying they are "disgusted and appalled" by footage of supporters singing a racist song which references two first-team players.

"It just shows that our own country isn't perfect," Mings said.

"The fact that we talk about racism in foreign countries, in other European countries that may not be as diverse is one thing, but there are issues going on here, in England too, which is far from ideal.

"Both are issues that people should never get bored of talking about. If they are happening they have to be brought to light by people who have a voice like us. We have to address it, we have to get it right somehow.

"There have been great strides to try to eradicate racism from football. It's a society issue."