‘I feel terrible': Football star breaks silence after footage shows him hurling a chair at woman

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English football star Kian Harratt has broken his silence after being filmed throwing a chair at a woman in Ibiza.
Oldham Athletic forward Harratt, 23, allegedly threw one of several chairs during a poolside brawl that hit a woman.
Shocking footage captured during the violent row appears to show the striker launching a chair.
The footballer can be seen wearing black shorts and sporting his distinctive goatee.
The star footballer has now said he feels 'very apologetic' and 'terrible' that the chair he threw had hit the woman, according to The Sun.
You can watch the incident in the player above.
But he blamed other tourists for starting the fight.
Harratt alleges that a man approached his friend and went on to 'punch him', which made him feel he had to intervene.
The striker claims a chair was thrown at him, and it was at that moment that he picked it up and threw it back.
He said he did not mean to hit the woman.
Referring to the man who started the skirmish, Kian said: 'He was the worst man you could ever come across and a bully! He was 6'6 and built like a brick!'
Footage showed one female tourist being clobbered in the head by a flying chair, while another man was knocked into the pool.
Brit holiday-maker Kyle Crawford told The Sun the striker and three of his pals were 'being horrible' to a group of women before the clash on June 21.
Kyle didn't recognise 23-year-old EFL star Harratt at the time of the altercation – but confirmed his identity after watching the footage back.
A second source who was caught up in the fight told The Sun: 'It was Kian Harratt. He was bothering these girls.'
Kyle said Harratt and his friends were 'throwing little rugby balls' at the female tourists inside the pool, one of which being the woman who was struck by a chair later on.
'They were just in the pool splashing them and throwing balls at them – being proper immature,' he explained.
Kyle revealed he and his mate stepped in to stand up for the women.
'Me and my mates stuck up for them, and then in the end, they'd come to attack my mate,' he said.
He alleged that there was an altercation, and his mate was punched first during the ruckus.
He said his pal hit back, and the whole confrontation 'calmed down' for a bit.
But shortly after, the player and his pals started hurling chairs towards Kyle and his mates, with one of the women who was initially being disturbed getting caught in the crossfire.
'They start throwing chairs – they threw a chair at a woman,' he said.
And a second clip, moments after the initial throw, shows another man hurling a second chair, which knocked the other men into the pool.
The Brit tourist explained: 'We just stuck up for her, the lads were just being idiots, immature.
'This video doesn't do us justice for actually being gentlemen and looking after these women.'
He detailed that after the altercation, the men 'all got kicked out', while Kyle says he and his mates were praised by staff for standing up to them.
'All the staff around the pool said thanks and what gentlemen we were,' he said.
'The women thought they were idiots, immature and stupid.'
Kyle also said that his mate allegedly required stitches from hotel staff following the chair attack.
The player's mum told MailOnline she was 'aware' of the video – but declined to comment further.
The Sun has also reached out to Harratt's management for comment.