Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘rude’ apology slammed by mum of Everton boy who had phone smashed after Manchester United’s defeat

The mother of the young Everton supporter who allegedly had his phone smashed by Cristiano Ronaldo has slammed the Manchester United forward for his ‘rude’ and ‘weak’ apology.

The Merseyside Police has launched an investigation after video footage appeared to show Ronaldo slapping a mobile phone out of the hand of 14-year-old Everton supporter Jacob Harding.

The incident occurred in the immediate aftermath of United’s 1-0 defeat to Everton at Goodison Park, with Ronaldo losing his cool as he made his way off the pitch.

Ronaldo has issued an apology to the young supporter and has offered Jacob the chance to watch a United game at Old Trafford.

But Sarah Kelly, Jacob’s mother, has criticised Ronaldo for his failure to privately contact her son and claims he does not want to take up the Portuguese’s offer of going to watch United.

‘The apology or lack of apology was what angered me even more,’ Sarah told The Telegraph.

‘I thought, ‘How rude – you are telling everybody you have apologised and you haven’t’. OK, you have put it out to social media but… you should be apologising to my son.

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‘He [Ronaldo] had several hours to ponder on it. He should have found out our contact details… been private, said he had spoken to us and released something. I would have been happy with that.

‘I was quite shocked United hadn’t put a statement out asking us to get in touch, just something a bit heartfelt, rather than Ronaldo saying the supporter can come to me.

‘That comes across really, really rude to me. Why would we, as Everton fans, go to United? He put, ‘this supporter’. It doesn’t state if he was an Everton supporter or a