A Manchester United fan is stranded in Spain after thugs beat him up and stole his passport. Kieran Spencer, 21, was 'jumped' by a gang following the Reds' Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid, his friends said.
He was allegedly beaten and spat at by four yobs who then stole his passport, mobile phone, flight boarding passes and Covid certificates.
It's understood he wasn't seriously injured, but was punched and kicked in an alleyway in the early hours of Saturday Kieran's friends say Apple Pay on his mobile was the only form of payment he had.
Pal Jamie Watson, 23, from Bolton, has organised a GoFundMe page. He said: "His friends and family are all worried sick. "Nobody can get regular contact with Kieran as he's relying on locals to borrow their phones to get in touch. "His only option was to wait for the embassy to reopen." They said he was attacked just hours before his flight home to Manchester on Saturday - and was forced to wait before he could apply for an emergency passport at the UK embassy in Madrid.
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