Manchester United ace, Cristiano Ronaldo has been handed an October 10th deadline to respond to his FA charge for smashing an autistic boy’s phone to the ground.
Ronaldo apologised to the 14-year-old but was interviewed by police under caution in relation to an alleged assault and criminal damage last month.
He was then charged by the FA last week, and has now been given a deadline to respond to the charge.
United though have been left “baffled”, according to MEN, as the incident was nearly six months ago and cops have concluded their investigation.
Merseyside Police have already confirmed it has been dealt with by “matter of conditional caution”.
But Ronaldo has been charged for breaching FA Rule R3, part of which states players should not use “any one, or a combination of, violent conduct, serious foul play, threatening, abusive, indecent or insulting words or behaviour”.
After the incident earlier this year, Jacob told The Mirror: “I looked up to him but he didn’t set an example that day.”
While his mum, Sarah Kelly, revealed she was reduced to tears when Ronaldo personally phoned her to say sorry.
Ronaldo posted online shortly after the incident, apologising for his “outburst” and inviting Jacob to watch a match at Old Trafford.
Article updated 9 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
