Englishman Jamal Lascelles ended up in a very unpleasant story after visiting a nightclub.
Football player Newcastle Jamal Lascelles became a participant in a mass brawl after he was attacked by unknown persons in a nightclub. According to the Daily Mail, the incident took place on Sunday, August 20.
After losing the match in the second round of the Premier League, Magpies head coach Eddie Gau gave the players two days off. The defender decided to go to a party in Newcastle with his younger brother and friend.
After they left the institution, an unknown person struck a 19-year-old relative of Lascelles with his elbow in the throat. The player stood up for his brother and pushed the attacker away. After that, a bottle was thrown at the football player and a fight ensued.
The football player and his friends faced a group of six to eight men. At one of the moments, the player even managed to knock down one of the attackers, after which he tried to calm him down, but was hit in the face, which he also answered. At the same time, it is said that the attackers during the battle threatened to shoot the player.
Because of this, Brother Lascelles’ face was covered in blood. His friend was also badly hurt. Due to the severe blow to the head, he lost consciousness and had to be taken to the hospital. The attackers escaped before the police arrived.
Police are investigating a brawl in the city center involving Newcastle captain Jamaal Lascelles in which it is alleged a gang of men ‘threatened to shoot’ the player and his brother.#NUFC | @CraigHope_DM pic.twitter.com/cvm2ER4osP
— NUFC HQ (@NUFC_HQ) August 28, 2023
According to eyewitnesses, throughout the fight, the 29-year-old footballer acted in self-defense and tried to protect his younger brother.
Lascelles held for Newcastle 225 matches and captain since 2016 Newcastle. True, at this time the defender has not yet appeared.
We remind you, earlier it was known that the ex-world boxing champion “attacked” Haaland during the Premier League match.
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