former player Barcelona and Austrian football legend hans crank He was temporarily detained by the police in the town of Pasching in the Upper Austrian region on Sunday. a police officer is in danger when leaving the parking lot of the local stadium.

This was reported by the public television ORF on Monday, and a report of the Vienna newspaper ‘Kronenzeitung’ Krankl crushes an agentsomething he blatantly denied.

The incident occurred yesterday around 18:00 GMT, as Krankl, 69, was leaving the parking lot of the Raiffeisen Arena Pashing stadium after witnessing there and commenting on the Austrian Bundesliga match between private broadcaster Sky, LASK Linz and Rapid. Vienna (2:1).

As police sources told the local APA agency, the former coach of the Austrian national team drove his car to a police officer in the VIP parking lot It stopped him when slight physical contact occurred between the LASK stadium and the officer and the bumper of the car.

“He then rolled the car towards two other police officers and stopped there. after another contactSays the police report quoted by the APA.

The “Kronenzeitung” claims to have access to “incredible scenes” starring the Austrian football icon and even to eyewitnesses who claim he was run over by a police officer.

“Krankl, presumed innocent, was taken to the stadium’s operating theater by six police officers and was interrogated there,” says Austria’s largest circulation newspaper.

At the same time, the newspaper publishes Krankl’s reaction. He denied hitting an agent with a car.

“This is not true and I vehemently deny it. I wanted to turn right from the parking lot and a cop stopped me who said I had to wait first as they were going to pick up the Rapid fans by bus.”

“But the road was clear and there was no reason not to let me through,” Krankl said. “The agent then asked for my vehicle’s documents and told me I was detained.” said.

“Six cops took me to a room like a criminal“, he complained.

The police let him go shortly after receiving his data, although an investigation is still ongoing into the incident.

According to the newspaper, Krankl admitted that he was very embarrassed: “I’m a police friend, I even gave them charity concerts and played football with the cops,” he said.

“Anyone who knows me knows that I would never put a cop in danger.. (This is) a stupid story that bothers me a lot,” said Krankl, according to the Kronenzeitung.

Playing for Barcelona between 1978 and 1981, Krankl had his best season in 1979 when he was the top scorer in the Spanish league.