ICONIC FORMER NEWCASTLE United winger Nolberto Solano has detained in his native Peru for allegedly breaking the country’s coronavirus lockdown to go to a party, according to reports.

The 45-year-old became the first Peruvian to join an English Premier League team when he signed for Newcastle in 1998, quickly becoming a firm fan favorite.

Television channel RPP said Solano, who is part of the backroom coaching staff on the Peruvian national team, was arrested on Thursday night in the La Molina neighborhood of the capital Lima.

“He was taken to the La Molina police station for having not respected the mandatory window to stay at home, but he was later released,” said RPP.

“What I did was not good, but don’t make me out to be everything that’s bad in the country. I was in a house that’s not my house, I see a lot of other people doing it,” Solano told RPP.

Before arriving in England, he had made his name playing for Boca Juniors alongside Argentina great Diego Maradona, who used to call him the “little maestro” due to his free-kick expertise.

Solano denied he had been to a party claiming he was simply having lunch at a gathering of six people, two blocks from his home, adding that he doesn’t have the virus.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he claimed he was set up by the TV station.