Christian Eriksen apparently did give Jan Vertonghen a black eye during training. However, the incident was a freak accident rather than the result of a fight over an affair.
Some click-hungry corners of social media went nuts earlier this week, reporting as fact that Vertonghen had been involved in an affair with Eriksen's 'wife'
Jan Vertonghen's black eye was caused by team-mate Christian Eriksen in an accident during #thfc training. [The Sun] pic.twitter.com/QNlPWlQY0G
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) October 3, 2019
“I feel extremely hurt, I feel ashamed, all negative thoughts are going through my head, it’s embarrassing to stand here in front of you guys,” he said, via talkSPORT.
“It’s tough. I’m not talking about other players, I’m talking about myself, about my feeling to watch everyone around the club. It’s a very bad result and I don’t want to speak too much.”
Source : 90min