Mum left 'raging' by Cristiano Ronaldo phone call after Manchester United star slapped her son's phone out of his hand

23.08.2022 - 01:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

A mother whose son had his phone knocked out of his hand by Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken out after he allegedly phoned her vowing to fight any legal case.

Ronaldo was given a caution for slapping Jacob Harding's phone out of his hand when he left the pitch at Goodison Park after a defeat to Everton. Jacob, an Everton fan, was left with a bruised and puffy hand after the slap last April.

Sarah Kelly, Jacob's mother, claims Ronaldo didn't apologise directly to them after the incident or offer to replace the smashed phone. The 37-year-old says she now plans to take legal action against the Portuguese player, who last week accepted the caution for assault and criminal damage. She said he was ordered to pay £200 but that the ticking off has meant he “has got away with it", the Mirror reports.

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She told how a day after the attack, a man called Sergio claiming to be Ronaldo’s PA called her with an offer to meet the player at United. She declined but claims she was told: “Do you know who Ronaldo is?”

“I told him, ‘Of course I do and the answer is no. I hung up and was shaking and crying. I felt intimidated. How dare they?” Sarah said the same man phoned again two days later saying Ronaldo would like to speak to her personally.

The player called but she described him as the “most arrogant man I’ve ever spoken to”.

Sarah, of Merseyside – who gave a statement to police after the assault – said: “The phone rang again and a man said, ‘Hello this is Cristiano Ronaldo.’ He asked me if I would like to come down and meet his family. He said, ‘I’m not a bad dad.’ I said to him, ‘I never said you were a bad dad.’

He said, ‘I