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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Departing Chelsea midfielder, Tiemoue Bakayoko, has broken his silence after being held by Italian police at gunpoint a few days ago.<\/p>\n

Bakayoko insisted that the Italian police \u2018went too far\u2019 after he was stopped at gunpoint in a terrifying ordeal that turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was pulled over by cops in Milan earlier this month, but footage of the incident only emerged this week.<\/p>\n

A video re-tweeted by Italian Sports journalist Tancredi Palmeri captured the terrifying incident.<\/p>\n

A policeman pushed the frightened football star, who made 14 Serie A appearances for the triumphant AC Milan last season, up against a police car.<\/p>\n

He appeared to empty Bakayoko\u2019s pockets and threw the contents onto the roof of the police car while two other cops pointed their weapons at the midfielder\u2019s car.<\/p>\n

One female officer kept her gun trained on another occupant of the car while the incident unfolded.<\/p>\n

However, it appeared to gradually dawn on the police that they had the wrong person and they immediately holstered their weapons and consoled Bakayoko with a gentle pat on the back.<\/p>\n

Bakayoko, who was on loan at AC Milan last season, has now spoken out about his ordeal.<\/p>\n

He said that while he understood the police officers made a mistake, he believes they \u2018went too far\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAuthorities stated it was a mistake, and they realised only in real-time,\u201d Bakayoko said as quoted by Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing wrong is human, no problem with that, but the way they used those have been a problem for me. I believe they went too far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bakayoko signed for Chelsea from Monaco for \u00a340m in 2017.<\/p>\n

The midfielder is understood to have agreed to a deal to join French Ligue 1 side Marseille this summer.<\/p>\n

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