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AN Icelandic beauty queen has told how she got “heated” with shamed football star Mason Greenwood — after he scoffed a bag of jelly babies.
Nadia Gunnarsdottir, 20, said the pair “connected” on a ­dating app and the Manchester United striker, 18, met with her the day after making his England debut in Reykjavik.

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Nadia Gunnarsdottir has lifted the lid on her ‘heated’ night with Mason Greenwood

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Nadia and her cousin met Phil Foden and Greenwood at a hotel in Reykjavík

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Foden (pictured) and Greenwood evaded England’s hotel security to meet the girls

Greenwood was sent home in ­disgrace last week with team-mate Phil Foden — after the pair evaded England’s hotel security to meet Nadia and her cousin Lara Clausen.
Nadia told how she and “shy” Mason ended up in one room at the Radisson Blu Saga hotel — while Manchester City’s Foden, 20, and Lara, 19 romped next door.
Nadia, a 5ft 9in Miss Universe ­Iceland finalist last year, revealed: “Mason kissed me and things got pretty heated.
“He was certainly not as shy physically as he was socially.

“Yes, things happened. But I don’t want to go into detail.
“He was athletic and fit. I liked the fact he was taller than me.”
The next morning Nadia and Lara were woken by England security staff hammering on their hotel door and looking for the players.
Detailing Greenwood and Foden’s night of shame for the first time, Nadia told how the rising stars asked Lara to bring sweets to the hotel including fruit-flavoured jellies.

Mason kissed me and things got pretty heated.
Nadia Gunnarsdottir

And she told how hotel staff told them two other girls had been thrown out for trying to meet players the night before their liaison.
Nadia did not know who Greenwood was when he contacted her on the app on Saturday September 5 — the day he made his England debut as a 78th minute sub in the 1-0 Nations League win over Iceland.
She googled him and — after they “liked” each other Greenwood sent her a message at 9.20pm, following the 5pm kick-off.
The pair chatted online the next day and Greenwood told Nadia it was his last night in Iceland.
He explained he could not leave the team hotel — where England booked out the entire third floor — due to security.

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Greenwood contacted Nadia on a dating app following his England debut in the 1-0 Nations League win over IcelandCredit: PA:Press Association

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He and Foden were caught breaking Covid rules and were disgracefully axed from the teamCredit: PA:Press Association

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We told of their night of shame last weekCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
But he asked Nadia to travel to the Radisson, book herself in — and said he could sneak out to meet her.
Nadia made the reservation online and make-up artist Lara dropped her off around midnight.
Nadia told Greenwood she had booked into Room 702 and was surprised when he turned up with his team-mate in tow.
Winger Foden has a one-year-old child with Rebecca Cooke, but it is unclear if they are a couple.
Nadia said: “I had googled Mason and checked his Instagram so knew who he was and that he played for United and had played against Iceland for England.
“I said I would come and booked a room and then he showed up with Phil, and I didn’t know who he was.
“Mason said, ‘Do you have a friend?’ I said, ‘Yeah the one who dropped me off.’”
She phoned Lara and invited her to the hotel. Then the players asked if Lara could bring some sweets.
She returned with Sour Patch Kids sweets and Icelandic Vegan Tritlar fruit-flavoured jellies.
Nadia explained: “Lara was in a shopping centre so got them the candy they asked for.
“We all chilled together. Mason ate virtually the whole packet of Tritlar and Phil had some too.
“We all got along and were in my room just chatting, laughing and joking. Phil was open and outgoing but Mason was quite shy.
“They were telling us they thought Iceland was boring, and asking if there was much to do.

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Nadia (right) says the rising stars asked Lara to bring sweets to their hotel

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The Icelandic beauty queen said she and ‘shy’ Mason ended up in one room at the Radisson Blu Saga hotel

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Meanwhile Foden and Lara romped next door
“At one point Phil recorded us on his phone like a TV interviewer, and said, ‘So what’s it like living in Iceland?’”
Nadia told how the players had dodged security on their floor.
She said: “They told me there was a female guard on their floor who was eyeballing them as they left. But they didn’t seem worried.
“She didn’t follow them but may have spoken to hotel staff.
“We did not know they were in quarantine and they did not ­mention coronavirus or ask us if we had been tested.
“Also, not once did Phil mention a baby or girl. But he was the same age as us, so we didn’t think anything of it.”
Lara told today how she slept with Foden after he asked to go to Room 700, which she had booked. She said he then suddenly kissed her and added: “He left my bedroom very happy.”

We did not know they were in quarantine and they did not ­mention coronavirus or ask us if we had been tested.
Nadia Gunnarsdottir

Nadia said: “We could hear them laughing and having fun next door.
“Mason tried to call Phil and he didn’t pick up so Mason went into their room.
“He took some videos of them, including of Phil kissing Lara on the cheek and holding hands.
“Mason also had a video of Lara in her underwear.”
A scandal erupted after Lara posted a Snapchat picture of Foden, with his backside exposed and an Instagram video was leaked.
Nadia said: “They didn’t tell us not to take pictures or video but I didn’t, and I didn’t leak anything.”

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Nadia says the players left to return to their floor at 3am

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She says Foden was ‘certainly not as shy physically as he was socially’Credit: Getty – Pool
At 3am, the players left to return to their floor — with Foden kissing both girls goodbye and asking Lara to stay in touch.
But Nadia explained: “Mason just said ‘bye’ and didn’t say much else or give me a kiss goodbye. I thought, ‘Damn that’s a bit rude’.”
‘SECURITY STORMED THE ROOM’
The cousins then left the hotel to get food. When they returned a staff member in the lobby told them there had been complaints.
Nadia said: “I don’t know why there had been complaints, we weren’t loud or anything.
“She then asked if we had been there on the Saturday night and told us two girls had been ejected from the hotel. She thought we were the girls, but we weren’t.
“It sounded like other girls had tried to meet England players.”
Nadia and Lara went back to a room and were woken at 6am.
The female guard the players had dodged, the team’s Head of Security and a Covid officer were at the door.
Nadia said: “The man and woman stormed into the room and asked where the boys were. They were even looking in the closets.”
Later news emerged that furious England boss Gareth Southgate had sent the players home, branding them “naive”.
The pair — who missed England’s 0-0 draw in Denmark on Tuesday — have since apologised.
They have been rapped by their clubs and fined £1,360 for breaching strict Covid ­regulations in Iceland.
Nadia said: “Yes, of course they were irresponsible. But I guess it was also irresponsible of us to go and meet people from another country.

“I feel sorry for them — I feel bad for everything that has happened. But their careers are just starting and are not ruined.”
Speaking on BT Sport, pundit and Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand, 41, said: “What 18-year-old isn’t going to make a mistake, it’s just they are in the spotlight.
“But importantly now, acknowledge the mistake you have made, hold your hands up yes, and now it’s about moving on and moving forward.”

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Rio Ferdinand says the lads should acknowledge their mistakes so they can move forwardCredit: PA:Press Association

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ENGLAND’S Mason Greenwood is caught on camera inhaling hippy crack.
The Man United ace, 18, was seen filling a balloon with nitrous oxide from a canister as he partied with a female pal.

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Mason Greenwood was caught inhaling hippy crack just weeks before his England debutCredit: The Sun

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The Man Utd ace filled a balloon with nitrous oxide while partying with a female palCredit: The Sun

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It comes after he was axed from the Three Lions squad for meeting girls at a hotel in ReykjavikCredit: Rex Features

Greenwood last night admitted poor judgment and said he’d been made aware of the health risks.
It comes after he was sent home on his debut for romping with a girl in the England team hotel in Iceland.
A source said Greenwood inhaled the gas in a Manchester apartment a few weeks ago, with the film put on Snapchat.
It shows the striker in beanie hat, T-shirt and shorts on a chair with the balloon at his lips as he inhales. A female pal in ripped jeans is seen next to him.

Two Smartwhip whipped-cream chargers — packed with large amounts of gas — are on a table.
Inhaling nitrous oxide comes at the risk of heart attacks and brain damage, while prolonged use can lead to memory loss and vitamin deficiency.
HARD LESSONS
A source who handed us the video said: “Mason often goes to the apartment after nights out and likes to have a good time.
“But he should know better given he’s a top sportsman.

“He has been a bit silly doing it, and especially allowing it to be videoed.
“A lot of people around Manchester are doing it at parties — quite a lot are Mason’s age.

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Two Smartwhip whipped-cream chargers packed with large amounts of gas were visible in his hotel room

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He was filmed in shorts, a T-shirt and beanie – the same as pictured here -while inhaling it

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Greenwood has issued a grovelling apology after inhaling the hippy crack Credit: Reuters
“The canister looks like a really big one where you’d get much more laughing gas in one hit. You can get as many as 20 hits in one go.
“This was Mason and his friend getting together and having what they thought was a laugh.
“But he has learned a few hard lessons recently and this could be another one.”
Tonight in a statement issued through Man United, the youngster said: “I have now been made aware of the health risks associated with this practice — and accept that even trying it, as shown in these historical pictures, was poor judgment on my part.
“I strongly urge others not to follow my example.
“As an 18 year old I am learning all the time. However this week I’ve also learned that I will be judged to a higher standard because of my career, and I must respect that in future.
“I am determined to repay the faith shown in me by my manager and coaches.”
Greenwood follows a string of footballers who have been caught up in hippy crack scandals.
In 2018 The Sun revealed Arsenal footballers passed out inhaling the substance from ­balloons in a West End club.

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We told of Foden and Greenwood’s debut shame earlier this weekCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

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Photos of the duo in their hotel room were shared on Snapchat

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Nadia Gunnarsdottir (right) and Lara Clausen secretly hooked up with the players
And Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was caught in 2016.
It is a criminal offence to supply nitrous oxide to get high but not to possess it. It is not banned as it has medical uses.

I am determined to repay the faith shown in me by my manager and coaches.
Mason Greenwood

Drug advice website Frank says: “If you take too much you risk falling unconscious and/or suffocating from the lack of oxygen.
“It can be hard to judge the amount to use safely.”
Smartwhip chargers power the whipped-cream dispensers for cakes, drinks and desserts.
The firm says its chargers are designed to have larger amounts of nitrous oxide “for a time-saving refill process”.
Canisters like those seen in Greenwood’s apartment were today selling on eBay for £43.
Revellers snapping them up have caused industry shortages.
Chris Palmers, of catering supplier Carrick whose clients include TV shows Bake Off and MasterChef, is working with police to identify rogue buyers.
He said: “I got into this business so coffee shops could put whipped cream on their hot chocolate.
“Now they are using nitrous oxide bottles at raves and parties and they leave them scattered everywhere. It’s a huge problem for my industry.”
Balloons filled with nitrous oxide from smaller canisters can be bought for £2, often online.

The substance has been linked to at least 25 deaths since 2010, with MPs calling for limits on its use.
Greenwood has also been blasted this week for allegedly holding rowdy lockdown parties at a separate address he rented through Airbnb.
Manchester United are said to be investigating after a bash kept neighbours awake on August 28.

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Greenwood has also been blasted for allegedly holding rowdy lockdown partiesCredit: Getty

Shamed England star Phil Foden snapped showing his bum to girls he and Mason Greenwood smuggled into team hotel
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