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THE ICELANDIC model and her cousin at the center of the storm surrounding Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood’s English ax say they didn’t plan to get the couple in trouble.
Nadia Sif Lindal Gunnarsdottir, 20, revealed that she had been chatting with Manchester United star Greenwood before he visited Reykjavik, but says she did not know he played for the Red Devils.
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Nadia and her 19-year-old cousin, Lara Clausen, claimed they ended up in the hotel room of the attacker and the Man City Foden, whom they insist they had never heard of before.
Footage published in Icelandic media first appeared showing the duo Three Lions had shoved the girls into the team’s hotel, leading to their international expulsion and a £ 1,360 fine by the police for violate strict Covid guidelines.
A video has also appeared showing the girls talking on the phone with soccer stars as they planned their route to the hotel.
However, Nadia has denied being responsible for the leak of images and claimed that it was not her in the video that had the conservation.
She wrote on Instagram: “I wanted to be honest about all this. I didn’t leak anything to the media. I did not take those photos and those videos.
“I wasn’t talking to him on the phone, it was another girl. I didn’t know they were in quarantine.
“They didn’t deserve it one bit, they are incredible boys and very good footballers. I didn’t want any of this to happen. I’ll say it again, I didn’t run away ANYTHING to the media and NEVER would do.
“I was also wearing jeans that night, not leggings. Yes, I posted that for an hour, a story with my closest friends, but someone took a screenshot.
“Yeah, I blew it too. I never said no. But I will defend myself against stories that are not true. “
The girls had previously spoken to Mail Online, claiming the two players were “a perfect gentleman,” but said they didn’t know they had to quarantine themselves.
Nadia said: “I’m very sorry for him and I never wanted to put them in that position but we didn’t know any better and we didn’t know they were in quarantine, or we wouldn’t have gone to meet them. .
“We didn’t even know who Phil was. I asked Phil who he was. I do not like soccer very much. I don’t watch football at all. We didn’t even know that Mason played for Man United.
“We have not spoken to them since. We don’t want to interrupt them because of course they are going through a lot right now. They have not contacted us.
“They were good guys. Really, really nice. “
Lara added: “They were just young people. We were all young and stupid and we all make mistakes. They treated us very well. They were gentlemen. Very nice guys. “
Both Man City and United condemned the stars for their behavior, while the FA promised to carry out a full investigation into the incident.
Greenwood has deleted his Twitter account since the story broke, while Foden humbly apologized after being sent home.
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He wrote: “Following the story that has emerged today about my actions in Iceland, I want to fully apologize.
“I apologize to Gareth Southgate, my teammates in England, the staff, the fans, and also my Club and my family.
“When I was called up by Gareth for these games, my first reaction was one of immense pride. Putting on that senior team jersey on my England debut was an incredible privilege.
“I am a young player with a lot to learn, but I am aware of the enormous responsibility I have in representing Manchester City and England at this level.
“This time I made a bad decision and my behavior did not meet the standards expected of me.
“I violated the COVID-19 protocols in place to protect myself and my colleagues in England. As a consequence, now I will lose the opportunity to travel to Denmark with the squad, and that hurts.
“I will learn a valuable lesson from this misjudgment and I wish Gareth and the team good luck this week.”
The England team was exempt from Iceland’s quarantine guidelines, but had to adhere to strict rules while in the country.
Southgate’s men were not allowed to meet anyone outside their bubble.
The players would not even have been able to see their families if they had traveled to the game. Foden became a father when he was 18 years old and is in a relationship with his partner Rebecca Cooke.
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