Jermaine Jenas, a Match of the Day presenter and TV pundit, has revealed how a cheeky on-field incident between Rafael van der Vaart and Benoit Assou-Ekotto led to them preventing within the showers after the sport.
Van der Vaart and Assou-Ekotto had been two gamers identified for being massive characters on the Spurs crew on the time, so it’s not stunning that they bought right into a struggle.
Jenas spoke to William Hill’s Stripped Podcast (through Daily Star) about how Rafael van der Vaart’s actions led to a bathe brawl with defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto.
He stated:
“There was a second at Tottenham when Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Rafael van der Vaart each needed to take a free-kick.”
“Rafa needed to take the free-kick, however Benoit wasn’t having any of it and so when Benoit was able to take it, Rafa simply got here up and took it on the sly!
“We get in (after the sport), everyone seems to be getting modified after which out of the blue I hear this commotion within the showers. “It’s Rafa and Benoit going at it, bare! It bought stopped just about instantly nevertheless it simply exhibits that these items occur so much, simply not on the pitch.”
Assou-Ekotto has beforehand spoken concerning the incident, claiming that it solely introduced them nearer collectively. In an earlier interview with The Athletic, he said:
“We really had a struggle within the dressing room as soon as about free-kicks. He had an expectation about that, and after that we turned much more shut.”
“On the Sunday I had the struggle with him, then a couple of days later he provides me the ball and I rating towards Everton. He was blissful and we had been shut.”
