THREE Premiership footballers will this morning face a judge over accusations that they carried out a serious sex assault.

A face to face meeting between three Premiership footballers being held in a Spanish jail and their accusers is “highly possible”, a court source said today.

Lawyers for three Premiership footballers locked up over serious sex assault allegations in Spain were tonight “optimistic” about the outcome of a legal bid to free them, a senior club official said.