Man City fan says he was detained, beaten and deported without explanation before the Champions League final

A Manchester Ciy fan says his dream trip to see his team in the Champions League final turned into a 'nightmare' after he was detained, beaten and deported without explanation.

Jamie Royle, 36, from Failsworth, claims he was struck with a kosh and handcuffed by border police before being dragged into a room where he was attacked, just minutes after landing at Istanbul Airport.

He says he was then held there overnight before being forced onto a flight back to Manchester the following morning meaning he missed out on witnessing the Blues' historic treble triumph.

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner have now spoken out and are demanding answers as why dad-of-two Jamie, who still is still none the wiser but suspects it may have been a case of mistaken identity, was treated as he was.

Jamie spent £1,400 on flights and a ticket for City's showpiece clash against Inter Milan at Istanbul's Ataturk Stadium last month.He arrived on a Turkish Airlines flight at around 7:40 pm on Friday, June 9, the day before the match.

He said it was as he stood in the queue at passport control that things started to go so drastically wrong. "Someone grabbed my left arm, I panicked a bit as I had my bag on with all my money in and stuff. They grabbed me and pulled me out.

"The next thing I felt a whack on the back of my leg and they dragged me across the marble floor. They were being dead heavy with me kneeing me in the chest. I was asking them 'what's going on?' and as they started being really heavy with me, I started shouting 'help me' but no one did.

"They put handcuffs me on and they were digging into my