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Nobby Solano apologises for attending party in Peru with the country on coronavirus lockdown

Former Newcastle United star Nolberto Solano has made a grovelling apology after being retained by police for breaking strict coronavirus quarantine rules in his native Peru.

The 45-year-old was intercepted after leaving a house with retired footballer Pablo Zegarra on Thursday night.

He angrily denied being at a party, insisting he was visiting a neighbour's home, and raging: 'The only people who can't get together are those who are infected,' in an initial refusal to accept he had been wrong.

Former Newcastle man Nolberto Solano has apologised for breaking lockdown rules in Peru
He enjoyed two spells at St James' Park between 1998 and 2004 and then from 2005-2007

But the ex-international, who also played for Aston Villa and West Ham, changed his tune late last night by penning an open letter published by Peruvian media.