Manchester United captain Harry Maguire says he feared for his life and thought he was being kidnapped during his arrest in Greece.

The England international’s legal team have lodged an appeal against his conviction for assaulting a police offer and attempted bribery following an incident on the island of Mykonos.

United have said the appeal nullifies Tuesday’s ruling in a Greek court and means Maguire has no criminal record ahead of a full retrial after he was handed a 21-month suspended prison sentence.

“My initial thought, I thought we were getting kidnapped. We got down on our knees, we put our hands in the air, they just started hitting us,” he told BBC Sport.

“They were hitting my leg saying my career’s over: ‘No more football. You won’t play again’.

Former Sheffield United, Hull and Leicester player Maguire is not certain he will remain United captain but is positive “the truth will be told” in the retrial.

“It’s a massive privilege to play for the club, never mind to be captain. It’s not my decision to make,” he said.

“I have great faith in the Greek law, the retrial will give us more time to prepare, gather the evidence, allow witnesses into the court. And I am really confident that the truth will be told and come out.”

Speaking of the initial incident with his sister, Maguire said: “These two men approached my little sister, asked her where she was from.

“She responded and then my fiancee, Fern, has seen my little sister’s eyes go into the back of her head. She ran over and she was fainting, she was in and out of consciousness.”