The Manchester United striker broke the phone of a 14-year-old Everton fan with autism and dyspraxia after the defeat of the Red Devils in the 32nd round of the EPL. Later, Ronaldo posted an apology on Instagram.
“His apologies, or rather, the lack of apology, angered me even more. I thought, “How rude to tell everyone that you have apologised and, in fact, you have not.” Ok, you put it out to social media, but you have to apologise to my son.
Ronaldo had several hours to think about it. He had to find out our contact details, settle the matter privately, and then post a message that he had talked to us. I would have been happy with that.
Ronaldo knew that there were children hereabouts. He shook their hands before the match, and on his way back everything was completely different because of the defeat. But it is a game, isn’t it? You cannot always win.
If someone had done something like that in the street, they would be arrested and questioned. He is a father himself, and if he was an ordinary person who took his child to a match, then after such an incident he would be quite upset and shocked.
He posted his statement. I was shocked that Man United did not publish anything about the possibility of contacting the club. Instead, Ronaldo wrote about the opportunity to visit their match.
I think that this is very rude. Why should we, as Everton fans, visit the Man United game? He wrote “this supporter”. He even did not indicate if he was an Everton supporter or a Man United supporter. In my opinion, this is a very, very weak apology,” said Sarah Kelly.
