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Tommy Fury has vowed to play dirty at Soccer Aid this weekend - explaining he would have no problem smashing the bones of a fellow player if it helped secure success.
The 24-year-old former Love Island contestant is a professional light-heavyweight boxer and it seems he is happy to mix up his sports on the pitch.
Tommy is one of a number of stars who will be taking to the filed at Old Trafford, Manchester, on Sunday to play a charity match.
Tommy is in the ‘World XI FC’ team that has Usain Bolt as a captain and teammates include Kem Cetinay and Mo Gilligan.
Tommy is one of numerous celebrities taking part in the charity football match (Andrew Fosker/REX/Shutterstock)While the ‘England’ team will be captained by Jill Scott and has celebrity teammates including Joel Corry and Liam Payne.
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And it seems the England team will have reason to fear Tommy as he has declared he won’t be holding back, telling The Sun: “There will be bones shed.
“I will be slide-tackling hard. There will be no love lost on Sunday.”
Kick off on the day is scheduled for 7:30pm with all the action being broadcast on ITV with the event raising awareness and money for UNICEF.
Line of Duty star Martin Compston is among the celebrities involved in the event - as he is part of the management team overusing the ‘World’ team.
The 2023 Soccer Aid event takes place in Manchester on Sunday 11 June at 7:30pm (PA)As a UNICEF supporter himself, he has said he has found it difficult to learn about the ways poverty affects children around the world - and how he can’t help but think of his own son.
The actor, who shares a son with his American actress wife Tianna Chanel Flynn, previously said: "My wee boy’s four this year, and for a while after this trip I was having this recurring, terrifying dream of him in that situation.
"One of the boys we met was dropped at that train station when he was five. Your head starts going: ‘what if my boy was just wandering about that station and people could pick him up and do whatever, beat him, something even worse?'"
Martin also revealed that seeing the children in such dire living conditions made him feel "sick" as he described them having to "fight for and fend for their lives".
He continued: "It’s very hard to not start relating to people you love in that situation and, for the grace of God, it’s not my boy. It is utterly heartbreaking. It haunts me even now."
Looking ahead to this weekend’s match, he added: "Now I’ve experienced what I have in Bangladesh, I’m even more determined to get the message out there that every little helps. It’s not just a football game, it’s an opportunity to shout about what UNICEF do and try and help as much as we can."
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