MANCHESTER UNITED star Ashley Young has been forced to deny a bird pooed in his mouth after being relentlessly teased by his own wife and kids.
The Red Devils captain, 34, went viral in 2014 after it looked as though a falling glob of bird droppings nestled in the corner of his mouth against Swansea.
Ashley Young has denied a bird ever pooed in his mouthCredit: Collect
Young has revealed even his wife Nicky pokes fun of him for ‘poogate’Credit: AFP
For years, fans have poked fun of Young for the mid-game mouthful – but the full-back has revealed even his wife and kids are cracking jokes at his expense.
But an animated Young insisted it never happened after growing tired of the banter.
When grilled over the bizarre incident, Young jokingly snapped at the MUTV Podcast host, saying: “It didn’t happen!
“I’ve said this for God knows how long. It got to a point where I thought ‘I need to do an interview to say that this didn’t happen’.
“But I just couldn’t be bothered. It had gone viral, it’s still going viral I think now.
“Even my wife and kids say a bird pooed in your mouth, but no it didn’t.”
During the interview, Young was later told producers of the podcast had trawled through the footage “frame-by-frame” to get to the bottom of things.
But Young is certain to remain the butt of the jokes, with even his own team-mates publicly trolling him.
Earlier this year, Jesse Lingard posted a snap of a pigeon on the pitch during Man Utd’s game with Leicester to his Twitter account.
He captioned it, “Absolute animal out there today. Glad @young18 stayed away”, complete with a poomoji.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
