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 large characters on the Spurs crew on the time, so it’s not stunning that they acquired right into a battle.

Jenas spoke to William Hill’s Stripped Podcast (through Every day Star) about how Rafael van der Vaart’s actions led to a bathe brawl with defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto.

He mentioned:

“There was a second at Tottenham when Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Rafael van der Vaart each wished to take a free-kick.”

“Rafa wished 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 abruptly I hear this commotion within the showers. “It’s Rafa and Benoit going at it, bare! It acquired stopped just about instantly but it surely simply exhibits that these items occur quite a bit, simply not on the pitch.”

Assou-Ekotto has beforehand spoken in regards to the incident, claiming that it solely introduced them nearer collectively. In an earlier interview with The Athletic, he acknowledged:

“We really had a battle 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 battle with him, then just a few days later he offers me the ball and I rating in opposition to Everton. He was comfortable and we had been shut.”