MAN UTD CAPTAIN MAGUIRE ARRESTED OVER MYKONOS ‘ASSAULT’
ATHENS: Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has been arrested on the Greek tourist island of Mykonos for an alleged assault and attacking officers, police said Friday. United said in a brief statement they were “aware of an alleged incident involving Harry Maguire in Mykonos last night.” “Contact has been made with Harry, and he is fully co-operating with the Greek authorities. At this time we will be making no further comment,” the club added.
A police statement said that three men aged 27, 28 and 29 had been arrested in Mykonos. A police officer in Syros, the capital of the island group that includes Mykonos, confirmed the suspects are “three British men, including a British football club player” but did not name Maguire. The statement said officers responding to an “altercation” had been verbally abused, and one officer had been punched. A second fight broke out at the local police station where the three men “strenuously resisted (arrest), pushing and striking three officers,” the statement said. One of the suspects then tried to bribe the officers to hush up the incident, the police said. The Syros officer said four Mykonos officers had sustained slight injuries in the fracas. Greek state agency ANA said a fight had broken out between British tourists outside a bar. The agency identified the suspects as Maguire, his brother and a friend. ANA said the police had asked the suspects to follow them to the police station in a mini-van but they attempted to flee.