The Icelandic teen beauty Lara Clausen at the centre of the fracas in the Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood hotel scandal has released a video confession in English claiming that Foden never mentioned he had a girlfriend or young son.<\/p>\n
Foden already has a two-year-old child with childhood sweetheart Cooke.<\/p>\n
While attempting to show contrition for the affair saying she \u201cfeels bad\u201d for the footballers who were subsequently axed from the England squad for their actions, she also claimed that Man City ace Foden, 20, and Greenwood, 18, were also messaging another beauty while in the Three Lions camp.<\/p>\n
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That being said, footage the girls took in the room with Foden and Greenwood was posted online. In the two-minute long video, Clausen even apologised if she did not pronounce every word correctly.<\/p>\n
Apparently after Saturday\u2019s 1-0 win over Iceland, Foden and Greenwood had sneaked model Nadia Sif Lindal Gunnarsdottir, 20, and her cousin Lara, 19, into the team\u2019s hotel.<\/p>\n
Clausen\u2019s video apology in English is her attempt to explain what happened.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cObviously I feel very bad about the situation. I didn\u2019t realise how much attention this would cause and how big this would get.<\/p>\n
\u201cI posted the videos and photos too, I deleted them a few hours later too, but it got out of hand. I never expected the video and photos to get out like it did.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously I feel very bad for the boys and their families and everyone near them.\u201d<\/p>\n
She revealed Foden had not told her about his childhood sweetheart partner, Rebecca Cooke, and their two-year-old son.<\/p>\n
Clausen said: \u201cI didn\u2019t know that Phil had a girlfriend or kid. He didn\u2019t mention it, and I didn\u2019t like Google him before I went to the hotel.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously I feel very bad for his family.\u201d<\/p>\n
The stunning Icelandic teen then went onto claim that Foden – caught on film flashing his bum to the girls – and Man Utd star Greenwood had actually been messaging another girl too.<\/p>\n
She added: \u201cThe last thing I am going to mention is the girl talking to Phil on Snapchat and Facetiming them, it\u2019s not me and it\u2019s not Nadia. You are mixing two stories.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did go and meet them, but we didn\u2019t Snapchat and Facetime them. That\u2019s not us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foden and Greenwood were slammed by their respective clubs and have issued official apologies for their actions, for which they were fined \u00a31300.<\/p>\n
Foden said: \u201cFollowing the story which has emerged regarding my actions in Iceland, I want to make a full apology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI apologise to Gareth Southgate, to my England team-mates, to the staff, supporters, and also to my club and my family.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was called up by Gareth for these games, my first reaction was that of immense pride.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo pull on that shirt for the senior team in my England debut was an incredible privilege.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a young player with a lot to learn, but I am aware of the huge responsibility I have in representing Manchester City and England at this level.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn this occasion I made a poor decision and my behaviour didn\u2019t meet the standards expected of me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI breached Covid-19 protocols put in place to protect myself and my England colleagues. As a consequence I will now miss the opportunity to travel to Denmark with the squad, and that hurts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will learn a valuable lesson from this error in judgement and I wish Gareth and the team good luck this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greenwood – who made his senior debut against Iceland along with Foden – issued an apology through his club.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cHaving now had the chance to reflect on what\u2019s happened, I can only apologise to everyone for the embarrassment I have caused.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was irresponsible of me to break the Covid-19 protocols which are in place to protect players, staff and the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn particular, I want to apologise to Gareth Southgate, for letting him down, when he had shown great trust in me.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying for England was one of the proudest moments in my life and I only have myself to blame for this huge mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cI promise my family, the fans, Manchester United and England that this is a lesson I will learn from.\u201d<\/p>\n
The entire video apology seems to have been well executed, albeit with an obvious touch of ambassadorial subtlety and premeditated self-vindication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"