MANCHESTER UNITED and Arsenal legend Robin van Persie has been forced to release a statement after hackers posted porn to his Facebook page.

The X-rated content was posted to the popular retired ace’s story on the social media site, where he has 18million followers.

Hackers posted porn to the ex-United ace’s Facebook pageVan Persie released a statement and apologised for the situationAccording to the Star, one clip was of a naked woman on all fours with the viewer encouraged to “swipe up”; to see more.

A second post showed a woman wearing no underwear with the caption: “Swipe up to watch her complete photo.”;

And so Van Persie has taken to Twitter to explain that it was a hacker who posted the naughty content and NOT him.

Van Persie tweeted: “‘m afraid someone hacked into my Facebook account (@ Robin van Persie) early this morning, so if you see cute cat content or whatever may potentially come next before I have control back.. It wasn’t me..”;

A follow-up tweet said: “Unfortunately, for a second time in a short time my Facebook page has been hacked into and inappropriate content has been published without my control.

“We are working on a solution and hopefully.

“@facebook is able to sort this out quickly. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.”;

The stories have since been deleted from the Dutch legend’s account.

Van Persie retired in 2019, finishing his career at boyhood club Feyenoord.

He won a Premier League and an FA Cup while in England, playing for United and Arsenal respectively.

Van Persie also featured in a World Cup and Champions League final.

He has now passed the torch onto son, Shaqueel, who plays for Feyenoord.

The 16-year-old is a striker and has the killer instincts of his dad.

Shaqueel has scored 16 goals in 13 U17 games.