A scout who was sacked by Manchester United in January for a series of controversial posts on his Facebook account has admitted he “still believes the things I wrote”.

Torben Aakjaer, who had worked for United since 2011, lost his post after the club were alerted to a stream of racially offensive Facebook comments by the Guardian, including one in which one mosque is described as a “conspiracy-potential prayer-shop”.

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In an interview with the Danish online publication PLBold, Aakjaer said that he understood United’s decision to sack him but admitted his controversial views had not changed.

“Had I known that the journalist who slaughtered me would do so, I probably wouldn’t have written any comments on Facebook except about football,” he said.

“Not that I have changed my mind about what I wrote, I still believe the things I wrote. But had I known that it was enough to lose my job, of course I wouldn’t have expressed myself in that way.”

On being informed of the posts, United acted quickly to launch an internal inquiry which was led by the chief executive, Ed Woodward, and involved the club’s chief Scandinavian scout, Simon Wells. Aakjaer was later relieved of his post – a resolution that he did not dispute.

“When I signed the contract when I came to the club I signed to never mention players/possible trades in or out of Manchester United, which I’ve complied with 100%,” he said.

“Unfortunately, I did not have enough overview or insight to figure out that what I wrote on my personal Facebook account of course could show me and therefore the club in bad light. With the media attention which of course is around one of the largest football clubs and brands, they had to react as they did – quickly and effectively, unfortunately.

“Before the firing, the director Ed Woodward, the head of press of the club, two lawyers, and my, at that time, bosses from the scouting department had been in two meetings before firing me. I know – I’ve seen the case – that my bosses both professionally and personally tried to defend me, but the consequences of not firing me were too great for the reputation of the club. So again, they did what they had to and should do.”

Aakjaer’s Facebook account also contained other derogatory references to eastern Europeans, a message of support for the right-wing Dansk Folkeparti’s views about border control and a photograph of six pigs with a caption: “It’s time to deploy our secret weapons against Islamists.”

When Aakjaer was contacted by the Guardian in January, he said that he was not “a racist at all”.