Sarah Kelly, the mother of the child who was assaulted by Ronaldo following the Manchester United-Everton match, refuses to invite him to his stadium, “Old Trafford”.
Sarah Kelly, the mother of 14-year-old Jake Harding, who was assaulted by Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo, rejected himAfter his team lost once morest EvertonThe Portuguese player apologized and sent a letter to him, in addition to her refusal to invite her son to attend a match at Old Trafford.
After the end of the match, Ronaldo hit the child’s hand while he was leaving the stadium, and dropped the phone of the child who was photographing it, to find out later that the abused child had autism and was attending a match for the first time in his life.
Ronaldo apologized for the incident on his account on “Instagram”, saying: “It is never easy to deal with feelings in difficult moments, however, we must always be respectful and patient, and set an example for all the young people who love this beautiful game. I would like to apologize for my anger. And, if possible, I would like to invite this fan to watch a game at Old Trafford as a sign of fair play and sportsmanship.”
The child’s mother published pictures of her son’s broken phone, and a large bruise on his hand due to Ronaldo’s assault, and said in statements carried by the English newspaper “Mirror”: “Man United dealt with it terrible, and to be honest they made things worse, my son was also abused on the Internet, and most of it came A Man United fan.
She added, “The way Ronaldo treats us is like someone assaults you in the street and then asks you to go to dinner with them. Should we do that just because he’s Ronaldo, why do we do that? It’s like we owe him a favor, but I’m sorry, we refused.” his request.”
And she continued, “We declined the offer to go to see a Manchester United game, because Jake does not want to go there, and does not want to see Ronaldo. It is not my words, it is my son’s words. All I can say now is that it is in the hands of the police.”
Merseyside Police confirmed on its Twitter account that an investigation was underway.