Lazio’s Lucas Leiva has denied telling a disabled Milan employee to ‘sit there and shut up’, branding the allegation ‘totally false and unfounded’.
Lucas was alleged to have made the comment after Lazio’s bad-tempered 1-0 defeat to Milan at the weekend, but the midfielder insists there is no truth in Il Messaggero’s report.
Lazio’s Lucas Leiva has denied telling a disabled Milan employee to ‘sit there and shut up’, branding the allegation ‘totally false and unfounded’.
Lucas was alleged to have made the comment after Lazio’s bad-tempered 1-0 defeat to Milan at the weekend, but the midfielder insists there is no truth in Il Messaggero’s report.
“I’d like to make it clear that the accusations recently made about me after the Milan game are totally false and unfounded,” the Brazilian wrote on Twitter.
“It’s my concern to highlight in a peremptory manner this regrettable and totally false fact about me, given I’ve never shown a lack of respect to anyone in 10 years as a player.
“It’s absolutely not part of my professional conduct and it offends not only third parties but also me on a human level.
“In a football game, when you’re taken over by competitive tension, you can say many things, but there’s always a limit that I never cross.
“Given my education is based on respect and common sense, I could never tolerate such behaviour.”