John Arne Riise has given a detailed account of the infamous golf club incident involving his former Liverpool teammate Craig Bellamy.Much has been said and written about the altercation, which happened before the Reds’ Champions League last-16 clash against Barcelona in 2007.Rafa Benitez took his Liverpool side to Portugal for some warm-weather training ahead of their crunch European tie at Camp Nou - but chaos ensued.Speaking to Filthy Fellas this week, Riise’s account of the incident has subsequently gone viral on social media.

What did Riise say about the Bellamy golf club incident?

The Norwegian recalled: “The whole dinner, [Bellamy] sat there saying: ‘Riise’s gonna sing, Riise’s gonna sing!’

“I said: ‘No, I’m not gonna sing’

“But he just kept going. And I didn’t drink, some other people did.

“After dinner, we went to the karaoke place and Bellamy took the microphone and said: ‘Riise’s gonna sing’ again.

“I just lost it. I went up to him and said: ‘Listen. I’m not f***ing singing, so shut the f*** up or I’m going to smash you’.

“I was rooming with Daniel Agger in the hotel and then I could hear some keys in the door. I thought it might be Agger coming home, but then the lights came on.

“You know when you’ve been sleeping, the lights come on? Full on. You can’t see. So I turned around and there’s Bellamy with a golf club in his hands.

“So I’m lying there in my bed and Bellamy comes in and starts shouting: ‘I don’t care what happens!’

“I could see he was not sober. Then he took a swing at my shins.

“I stood up and took this sheet and I’ve said: ‘Let’s do this the proper way, man-to-man. But no, he stood there and said: ‘I don’t care if I go to jail, my kids have got enough money, I’m gonna f*** you up. Nobody talks to me like this in front of my players!’

“Then he swung and I blocked it with my shin. 

“The funny thing is while I was standing there, I’m thinking if I do something, I’ll lose my career at Liverpool.

“I said to him: ‘Let’s meet tomorrow, 9am. Me and you tomorrow’.

“So he agreed to do that.

“The morning after, I walk to his room, 9 o’clock with Agger, knocked on his door, he wasn’t there.

“Then he came in five minutes later, didn’t even look at me. Then we had a meeting with Benitez, [who said]: ‘This case is closed. We’ve got a game in two-three days.’

“And then [Bellamy] scores the first goal, I score the winner that he assisted, and we beat Barcelona 2-1 at Camp Nou.”

Watch Riise tell the story here:

What a story.

Peter Crouch was part of the squad and reacted to the clip by tweeting: “Some night that” followed by the eyes emoji.

Craig Bellamy's golf club celebration

Bellamy, who was fined £80,000 by Liverpool but avoided being sacked, famously celebrated his goal against Barcelona with an iconic golf club celebration.

The cheek of it.

Bellamy gave his version of events in 2019

Bellamy explained his version of events in 2019, admitting: “I try to forget about it, it’s just embarrassing.

“From my own behaviour it was just stupid.”

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