Marseille defender Nayef Aguerd has confirmed reports he was assaulted while waiting to take a flight to Morocco to join his national team.

According to local media , a man approached Aguerd in the VIP section of Marseille Provence airport on Monday wanting to take a selfie with the player and asking for his telephone number.

Security personnel had to intervene after the individual reportedly lost his temper and tried to hit Aguerd.

Aguerd, 29, boarded his flight to Rabat and wrote on Instagram : "I want to reassure everyone following the information circulating over the past few hours. I was indeed assaulted at Marignane airport while waiting for my flight to join the Moroccan national team.

"Fortunately, it was more of a scare than anything else; everything was quickly resol

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