Shamefaced football star Jack Grealish apologised yesterday for flouting Government stay-at-home rules to party at a flat owned by former Scotland ace Ross McCormack.
The Aston Villa captain released a video admitting he had “stupidly” gone to a friend’s house during the lockdown.
It came after Grealish, 24, was photographed the next day in a hoodie and mismatched slippers at the scene of a car accident in Dickens Heath, near Birmingham.
Police say they have arranged to speak to the driver of a damaged £80,000 Range Rover, pictured on double yellow lines, after they left the scene on foot.
They refused to say if Grealish, whose rumoured £50million summer move to Manchester United may now be in doubt, was the person behind the wheel.
Grealish spoke after former football boss Harry Redknapp and Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan slammed him as “stupid”.
The footballer drove 10 miles from his home in Worcestershire to spend Saturday night at a flat owned by ex-Villa teammate McCormack, who also used to play for Rangers and Motherwell.
Police were called after the Range Rover collided with at least three parked cars. In his apology, Grealish said: “I got a call off a friend asking to go to his and I stupidly agreed to do so.
"I don’t want anyone to make the same mistake. I urge everyone to stay at home. I know for a fact I’ll be doing that.”
The Record can reveal two other EPL stars were with Grealish on Saturday. Both are household names and one is a current England player.
A source said: “There are a few players dreading their names coming out and their clubs finding out. They are lying low.”
