England stars greeted by cheers as they return to basecamp in the early hours

England stars were welcomed back to their Qatar base by a host of cheering staff celebrating their win against Wales in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Gareth Southgate's side qualified for the last-16 as Group B winners after a confident 3-0 victory over Rob Page's men.

And as the players returned to their Souq Al Wakra Hotel basecamp, employees greeted them with whoops and cheers, waving St George's Cross flags and high fives and fist bumps despite their late arrival.

Manager Gareth Southgate and stars including captain Harry Kane, midfielder Jude Bellingham, defender Harry Maguire and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford were shown lapping up the adulation.

In the short video posted on England's official Instagram account on Wednesday morning, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier and Jordan Henderson were also seen grinning with satisfaction.

The caption read: 'A warm welcome back to basecamp!' followed by a raising-hands emoji.

Although the two sides went in at half-time with the score goal-less, Marcus Rashford scored shortly after the interval, with Phil Foden adding another a minute later.

Rashford then completed the scoring shortly after the hour mark, with defeat sending Wales out of the competition and potentially signalling the last major tournament for veterans like Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen.

The Three Lions, meanwhile, will face African side Senegal in the round of 16 knockout stage on Sunday evening.