Adnan Januzaj enjoying a Coke – why no Champagne?!!! (Picture: Reuters)

Andros Townsend and Raheem Sterling have stuck up for Premier League rival Adnan Januzaj after the Manchester United winger was the subject of a sneering ‘kiss-and-tell’ story in The Sun.

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Student Melissa McKenzie complained to the tabloid that the ‘stingy’ Old Trafford star took her on a first date to chicken restaurant Nando’s.

The 25-year-old was further annoyed that her 18-year-old date did not pay for her parking and turned up wearing a tracksuit and trainers.


However, Melissa’s tabloid ploy appears to have backfired, with fans taking to Twitter to back Januzaj, and England internationals Townsend and Sterling leading the defence.



Townsend got in first, suggesting Januzaj had done nothing wrong.

Nandos was too classy for her! I would of bought her a freddo and sent her packing!! pic.twitter.com/x0sjWmJAdp — andros townsend (@andros_townsend) January 27, 2014

These girls make me sick!! How this stuff gets in the paper I'll never know! pic.twitter.com/mFU9jiYPpr — andros townsend (@andros_townsend) January 27, 2014

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And later Liverpool midfielder Sterling joined in the banter, tweeting:

Made a up story cause she wanted a thigh and she got a leg ? — Raheem Sterling (@sterling31) January 27, 2014

Girl if you wanted a extra piece chicken should of just asked ? — Raheem Sterling (@sterling31) January 27, 2014

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