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Leeds United captain Lee Sun-Ampadu (25, Wales), who won the English Championship (second division), is being criticized by fans, the British daily Daily Mail reported on the 17th (Korea time).
The beginning of the incident was a picture of his son posted by his partner. Ampadu's former partner, Sara from Turkiye, recently posted a photo of her son posing in a Galatasaray uniform on social media. Early Bonn Leeds fans all criticized Sa and rose up saying, `Ampadu's captaincy should be removed.'
Galatasaray is a prestigious team that represents the Turkiye Superliga. A native of Istanbul, Sa is known to be a long-time fan of Galatasaray.
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For Leeds fans, however, Galatasaray is a great enemy. Violence broke out in April 2000 as fans of both teams confronted at Taksim Square a day before the first leg of the UEFA Cup semifinals in Istanbul. In the process, four Galatasaray fans stabbed Leeds supporters Kane Spate and Christopher Loftus to death. While the Leeds club declared no away cheering in the second leg of the semifinals, saying it could not guarantee the safety of Galatasaray supporters, Galatasaray's team bus was delayed due to an attack from angry Leeds fans. A Turkiye government official came forward and criticized Leeds, but Leeds did not back down, insisting on Galatasaray's exit from the UEFA Cup. The four suspects who killed Leeds supporters were sentenced to 10 years in prison and 6 years and 8 months, respectively, in 2010, a decade after the incident, which sparked another controversy in the UK, including Leeds fans.
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The fact that Leeds' captain son posed in a Galatasaray uniform is unacceptable to Leeds fans. Leeds fans are lashing out at Ampadu online and offline. The Leeds club rushed to explain that `Ampadu broke up with me a few months ago and had nothing to do with this photo.' Then Sa responded on his social media, 'Ampadu was aware of the photo, and the Leeds club was lying. Sa attended Leeds' championship-winning parade with Ampadu two weeks ago.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
