Aston Villa fans hit out at Leon Bailey inhaling “laughing gas” in his motor

Aston Villa fans hit out at Leon Bailey, who was seen in a video obtained by The Sun, inhaling “laughing gas” in his motor.

A clip emerged of the 25 year old sitting in the vehicle holding a big balloon, singing away to himself while putting it to his lips and inhaling potentially deadly nitrous oxide.

Another image showed him having his photo taken with the deflated balloon hanging from his mouth, with fans saying his antics isn’t a good look for the club.

Footage emerges of £25m Prem star inhaling ‘laughing gas’ after all night partyhttps://t.co/F97nwt0Px8 pic.twitter.com/5HANHbXSGz

— The Sun Football ⚽ (@TheSunFootball) March 3, 2023

Bailey played a part in Aston Villa’s 2-0 Premier League victory at Everton last Saturday afternoon, before being subbed in the 61st minute.

According to The Sun, he went to a show later to celebrate his friend’s birthday, partying through the night, with footage captioned “Birmingham at 7.19am” on Sunday.

A fan named as John Parry, who sent the video, said: “My kid idolises Bailey and has his shirt.

“This behaviour is appalling.

“He is meant to be a professional and a role model, but has let himself and the club down badly.

“This kind of reckless behaviour cannot go unpunished.”

It is legal in the UK to inhale nitrous oxide, though there are calls and strong plans in place to ban it, while it’s illegal to supply it because of its psychoactive effects.

This s something that is known to deprive the brain oxygen, makes dizzy and lightheaded, and can even lead to death.

The local NHS in various parts of the country dangerous and damaging effects of using nitrous oxide, more commonly known as ‘laughing gas’.

This follows an increase in hospitalisations in the city and healthcare professionals are growing increasingly concerned that the popularity of the drug is causing neurological complications, such as spinal cord and nerve damage with hospital admissions rising.

Patients admitted to hospital after using the drug are often young males and University students who are taking large quantities for social purposes due to it being cheap and readily available.

Nitrous oxide is most commonly inhaled from a balloon for its instantaneous depressant effects of calmness and light headedness. Shiny silver metal canisters are frequently emptied out into balloons, before the gas is inhaled from the balloon.

Coventry City Council Cabinet member for Public Health and Sport, Cllr Kamran Caan said: “It is absolutely terrifying to see and hear of young people being paralysed by ‘laughing gas’. Teenagers and young men may always think it happens to someone else and won’t happen to them, which is why it is so important that we work with our partners to raise awareness and spread the message that these life changing risks are not worth taking just because it is a cheap legal high.

“As a local authority we take these matters extremely seriously and there is a citywide Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) in place that allows officers to confiscate and dispose of any nitrous cannisters. This allows people to be fined if they refuse to give up their nitrous once challenged. The PSPO also gives the powers to fine people in possession of them if caught.

“The law as it currently stands means individual possession of nitrous is not an offence, but, if you sell it or pass a balloon to someone else, that is a criminal offence. It is a complicated matter, but if we identify patterns and locations then Police patrols can look to address this.”

Consultant Neurologist at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, Dr Holger Allroggen, who admitted several young men with nitrous oxide neurotoxicity in 2022, added: “We are increasingly worried about the risk of serious harm to the nervous system as a result of abusing nitrous oxide. It can affect both the spinal cord and the nerves in arms and legs resulting in loss of feeling, abnormal sensations, loss of motor function and therefore variable degrees of limb weakness right down to paralysis.

“Treatment may or may not work and the resulting damage can be permanent, with no clear relationship between quantities of nitrous oxide taken and neurological damage. This self-inflicted damage is completely avoidable by not using nitrous oxide.”

As mentioned, Aston Villa fans have took to hit out at Leon Bailey seen inhaling “laughing gas” in his motor…

@TheTomNash: Thank god for that, hopefully drop him and play Duran upfront with Watkins, been awful recently, would happily sell in summer #avfc

@scottavfc8: Probably will be sold in the summer

@_shirleyvillain: What an idiot

@JasonTweets1980: Leon Failey #AVFC

@__ryannpaul: Hopefully unai takes exception to this and banishes him 🤞🏾

@GarySmithJnr: What a muppet! 🤦🏼‍♂️

@Joshtrich1: We did sign him as a Jack replacement, he’s finally living up to the name #avfc

@al_noonan: What is it about every fucking r3tard that plays for us? Fuck off. And take your over inflated ego and you crazy stepdad with you.

@Villamole1: Amount of our own fans making light of this and making an excuse! He’s a top professional paid top wages to be an elite athlete! Forms been sporadic mainly bad and he’s partying putting chemicals into his body! Not good enough! #AVFC

@YorkshireVillan: Apart from the fact it puts the clubs name in shame…& can cause collapsed lungs. For the money he’s on he could at least look after himself?? People will be the first to moan when something happens to him because of it and we lose £millions 🤨

@quentin_gesp: I know it’s the Sun but… Welcome to my club 🙂 Inconsistent, capricious and unprofessional, that’s 3 words Unai Emery doesn’t like at all. Answers quite a few questions about his level since he joined, tbh #avfc

@LionsVilla: If he doesn’t play tomorrow. Sell his ass.

@andrewtalbot72: Sack him…. He’s shit anyway

@kyrikoumi: Plays like he does about 20 balloons before stepping on the pitch lol. One of the first Emery will get rid off no doubt

@mic_flair: Fucking hell Leon Bailey.. what you playing at lad. UE isn’t going to like that kinda crap..

@EV_Chief: The reason Bailey is shit is revealed, can we get rid now #avfc

@beds_villafan: When Purslow said he had broken down all the attributes of Jack Grealish and found them in 3 players – Danny Ing, Emi Buendia and Leon Bailey – now we all know which attribute Leon Bailey is

@EllTomVilla: Feels like Leon is going out of his way to make his Villa career fail.

@andrewtalbot72: FUCK.HIM.OFF – I’m sure there is some form of contractual breach whereby we can claim his value back….. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@villain9998: Not playing tomorrow then!

@BumblingDad83: Time to get rid. Huge flop.

@Anthony38696111: Sack him

@Aaronavfc21: Ive done nothing but defend this guy. Can’t see anything but him being dropped for a while after this now

No issue with players letting their hair down and having a few drinks, but I can’t imagine this is the sort of character Emery will want around the dressing room. It’s an invasion of privacy, but players are paid and looked after well enough to avoid situations like this. #avfc https://t.co/laF7HRWLt8

— Jack 🦁 (@LordMillman29) March 4, 2023