In keeping with The Mirror, former Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has been subjected to ‘sickening’ threats and harassment, reportedly receiving alarming messages from an agent.
The report claims that he was despatched a collection of Whatsapp messages by an agent who alleges that the participant owes him cash from his transfer to Turkish membership Besiktas in September.
The agent reportedly despatched the participant a collection of messages on Whatsapp throughout Besiktas’s 3-1 defeat to Fenerbahce this weekend.
The agent’s messages escalated from promising to solid a curse on Bailly to derogatory insults following an on-field penalty conceded by the participant.
Quickly after he conceded a penalty for handball after which he received one other message saying: “I’m glad to see what my curse is doing to you. You aren’t a person. You’re a huge Mickey Mouse.”
This was adopted by a dozen of messages that even ‘threatened to ship individuals’ spherical to him.
One other message as revealed by The Mirror mentioned: “I cannot allow you to f*** me in my very own nation. You will notice what occurs after I open a fraud case towards you.”
Bailly has knowledgeable Besiktas officers, who’re to provoke a police report relating to the threats.
He’s represented by his uncle Severin Bohui who insists he was the one individual concerned within the deal and no different agent was concerned.
Bohui highlighted the agent’s persistent threats and blackmail makes an attempt, stressing that no contractual settlement existed between Bailly and the agent. The scenario was described as a safety concern relatively than merely a FIFA-related matter.
He instructed Mirror Soccer:
“He’s not stopped sending him threats, messages and blackmails. He’s insinuating Eric owes him some cash, as a result of he was a part of the individuals who brokered his transfer to Besiktas. Subsequently Eric ought to pay him some cash.
“I requested Eric if he signed any intermediation contract with this man, he mentioned no. I additionally requested the membership in the event that they knew this man or in the event that they requested him to talk to Eric on their behalf, in addition they mentioned no. Usual story of brokers attempting to barge in offers.
“One factor is for positive this man has not stopped harassing Eric. He even despatched him a message as we speak after their defeat to Fenerbahce. He’s threatening to ship individuals out to him so I don’t suppose blocking him will remedy the issue. That is extra of a safety subject than a FIFA one.”
The Ivorian defender, who had a six-year spell at Manchester United earlier than leaving on mortgage to Marseille and ultimately becoming a member of Besiktas on a free switch.