Arsenal players filmed using ‘hippy crack’
MADRID: Arsenal said on Friday they will ‘remind players of their responsibilities’ after a video emerged that appears to show a number of stars inhaling nitrous oxide. Players including Mesut Ozil, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette and Matteo Guendouzi feature in the footage, which appears to come from CCTV footage and was published by The Sun on Friday.
In a statement Arsenal said: “The players will be spoken to about this and reminded of their responsibilities as representatives of the club.”
Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas or ‘hippy crack’, is freely available although it is technically illegal to sell it for recreational purposes.
PSG TO PAY €75M FOR AJAX STAR DE JONG
THE HAGUE: Paris Saint-germain could pip Manchester City to the signing of Ajax and Netherlands midfield star Frenkie de Jong in a record €75 million deal, a Dutch newspaper report said on Friday.
“It is almost certain that De Jong, 21, will exchange Ajax for Paris Saint-germain,” popular tabloid De Telegraaf said.
PSG’S move to secure the talented midfielder, who made his debut for Ajax two years ago, comes after a lightning intervention from the club’s technical directors Maxwell and Antero Henrique.
BOCA FANS SENT ME THREATS: RIVER PREZ
MADRID: River Plate president Rodolfo D’onofrio claims he has received death threats from hundreds of Boca Juniors fans.
River and Boca will play the second leg of their Libertadores Cup final at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday after it was postponed last month following an attack by River fans on the Boca team bus. “You need to have adequate security,” D’onofrio told El Pais on Friday.
“If I go out in the street and say I don’t want to attend games at our stadium anymore, the River ultras will send death threats to me, my daughter, my wife and all my family. It’s happening to me now. I have 200 or 250 Boca fans who say they’re going to kill me.”
CONTROLS FAILED OF LEICESTER HELICOPTER
LONDON: British air accident investigators looking into the cause of the helicopter crash that killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha said on Thursday that the failure of the tail rotor mechanism had caused the pilot to lose control.
Thai businessman Vichai, 60, was killed on October 27 alongwith four others when the helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium after a Premier League match.
Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch said in a “Special Bulletin” on Thursday that the cockpit pedals had become disconnected from the tail rotor.