Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey denies Nazi salute. Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey has denied making a Nazi salute during a meal with his teammates.
The 31-year-old appeared to be doing the salute in a photo which was posted on Instagram by his Palace teammate Max Meyer.
Meyer, a German midfielder, subsequently deleted the photo from his Instagram account.
But Hennessey insists he was waving at the person taking the photo and cupping his hand over his mouth as he shouted at them.
‘Yesterday evening I had a meal with my team mates and we had a group photograph,’ the Wales international posted on Twitter.
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‘I waved and shouted at the person taking the picture to get on with it and at the same time put my hand over my mouth to make the sound carry.
‘It’s been brought to my attention that frozen in a moment by the camera this looks like I am making a completely inappropriate type of salute.
‘I can assure everyone I would never ever do that and any resemblance to that kind of gesture is absolutely coincidental. Love and peace Wayne.’
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