A ex-professional footballer accused of stabbing an Iranian journalist in south-west London has blamed the knife attack on an accomplice. Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati was left bleeding in the street after he was attacked by proxies of the Iranian regime outside his home in Wimbledon on March 29 2024, Woolwich Crown Court heard. Former footballer Nandito Badea , 21, said he believed he was only there to carry out surveillance on a man who was said to be having an affair with another man’s wife. The former midfielder, who played for Romanian teams Astra and Blejoi, came to England to do construction work after his football career finished. He told the jury: “I had no reason to believe that man would suffer any harm or anything.” Badea and George Stana, 25, who are Romanian nationals, have both pleaded not guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and wounding.…