Training camp bust up/newspaper rumours

[anfieldanfield]

Liverpool's Welsh striker Craig Bellamy is in trouble again. In his team's training camp in Algarve he has allegedly attacked team mate John Arne Riise with a golf club.

In a scandalous chain of events controversial former Newcastle player Bellamy kicked in Riise's hotel room door and hit him several times with a golf club. Neither of the players have been available since this event, but Bellamy's future in red shirt is now in doubt. Riise survived the attack with bruises.
The Liverpool players had been celebrating their camp in a local bar, and on their way back to the hotel, they vandalised several cars and destroyed hotel property.

Also goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has been in headlines after trying to assault a policeman and striker Robbie Fowler was unable to walk back to his hotel on his own.

I no he's been in trouble in the past but i'm finding it extremely difficult to see how this is true,
i really am finding it hard to come to terms with all this arent you folk aswell?

Where's this from Marky ?

[Marky]

Where's this from Marky ?

http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s342/st111967.htm?fromrss=1

Can't be true, surely

[spud_gun]

http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s34....htm?fromrss=1

Can't be true, surely

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/kop_18.02.07.shtml

Does not look good.

[kurtangle01]

I know what you mean mate, I few beers and a late night isn't exactly a crime.

Exactly. If I had a quid for every time me and my mates have got up to mischeif on the way home from the boozeer and ended up getting a ticking off from the police for stealing traffic cones or people who live in the house who's wheelie bin we've decided to empty all over the road or even ending up in a scarp with other lads. It seems like great fun at the time and your that wrecked you think that it's harmless.

The only difference is that me and my mates are nobodys so it's a non-event but our players should know better being in the public eye and all that.

The papers will naturally try and make it out as if LFC players have rampaged through the local town wilst vandalising propery and beating up unsuspecting residents creating complete havoc. If they said that our players had a few to many beers and got a bit rowdy it wouldn't be a story would it?

The fact that there were no arrests says it all if you ask me. If our players had been that bad they would have ended up in the slammer for the night and been charged the following day.

[spud_gun]

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/kop_18.02.07.shtml

Does not look good.

holy **** if the NOTW report is true then Bellemy ought to be run out of town. Bang out of order if that version of events is actually what happend.

[Marky]

A FUN sing-song turned into a vicious punch-up as Liverpool ace Craig Bellamy saw red and waded into team-mate John Arne Riise in a drunken rage.

The sensational bust-up erupted in the early hours of Friday at the team's Portuguese hotel after a marathon boozing session.


An eye witness says the feuding Premiership stars:


TRADED INSULTS during a bar's karaoke contest when Riise refused to take the stage,


SCREAMED ABUSE as they faced each other toe to toe,


TOTTERED back to their training camp base at 2am,


FOUGHT in a hotel as Bellamy lashed out at Riise's £5 million legs with a golf club, until the pair were


SEPARATED by head coach Rafael Benitez.


The outrage has massive implications for both players and the club, who have just been taken over by new American owners.


Tycoon co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks who invested £470 million were said to be furious that their name has been dragged through the mud just before a vital Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday—their most important match this year.


Insiders have predicted it could spell the end of 27-year-old bad boy Bellamy's career at Anfield.

The astonishing incident kicked off at Monty's Restaurant and Bar in the upmarket Algarve Vale do Lobo resort where Welsh international Bellamy and Norwegian World Cup hero Riise, 25, were winding down with colleagues after five days' training in preparation for Wednesday.


An inside source revealed: "There had been a lot of drinking and everyone was enjoying themselves.


"But it all went wrong when Craig tried to drag John up for a song.


"There was a karaoke competition going on, but John's a quiet one off the pitch and wasn't having it at all.


"It started off as a bit of a lark with some of the other lads having a go but then it got completely out of hand. John went ballistic because Craig wouldn't take no for an answer. He was screaming at Craig to leave him alone, saying he wouldn't do it and yelling insults.


"Everyone was completely stunned by it because they were really having a go, standing there toe to toe swearing at each other. There were about 20 players in the bar including all the senior guys, like Steven Gerrard, Peter Crouch and Dirk Kuyt.


"They were warned to keep a lid on it and it appeared to calm down.


"It was really late, about 2am, and the players eventually started drifting off to bed. But Craig, who was sharing with Steve Finnan, was so wound up he couldn't sleep.


"He suddenly grabbed a golf club and went looking for John. And when he found him he waded in, hacking at his legs with the club.


"All hell was let loose and John suffered a lot of bruising. Craig was out of control and shouting that John had belittled him in front of the lads."

Eventually coach Benitez was called to separate the two stars. The boss was said to be horrified and called both players to an emergency summit after they sobered up.

Benitez had plenty to worry about. Unconfirmed reports in a local newspaper said one footballer had also been handcuffed after allegedly trying to headbutt a policeman.


And it was claimed other players smashed electrical equipment in the resort with their golf clubs.

Staff at the four-star Barringtons Centro Deportivo hotel were ordered to keep quiet about the disturbance.

"The players flew back to Britain on Friday and were trying to keep a lid on the shameful incident.



But our source said: "With Liverpool just about to play one of the most important matches in their history this is the last thing they need.


"The break was meant to be a bit of rest and recreation with light training to get the team acclimatised for the Nou Camp on Wednesday, but this fight has ruined everything.



"It has heaped disgrace on the club when all the attention should be focused on what happens on the pitch. The new owners can't understand how grown men can behave like this. They believe the club's reputation is in the gutter and find it incredible that this should happen just before the Barcelona game.


"If Liverpool lose the match because of this there'll be hell to pay."


Riise's teammates are shocked at Bellamy's attack on a fellow professional and friend. A source said: "To smash a golf club into a fellow player's legs is unforgivable.

"It's the worst place ever to attack a footballer. Damaged legs are no good to anyone in this business and Riise is known for his trademark blockbusting shots.



"It's like deliberately trying to break someone's leg on the pitch — however cross or angry you are, it's a no-brainer. You just can't do it.


"John was mortified when Craig came bursting into his room like that. Anything could have happened."


It is not clear what punishments the players face. But hard-line Spaniard Benitez is unlikely to tolerate such loutish behaviour ever again and at the very least is expected to fine both men heavily.


One insider said: "Some people feel it's time to ship Bellamy out so he can be someone else's problem."


A Liverpool spokesman said: "We're not prepared to make any comment."



This has GOTTA be made up!!

[SouthAfricaRed]

holy **** if the NOTW report is true then Bellemy ought to be run out of town. Bang out of order if that version of events is actually what happend.

If their report is True Riise should have been Dead

[kurtangle01]

A FUN sing-song turned into a vicious punch-up as Liverpool ace Craig Bellamy saw red and waded into team-mate John Arne Riise in a drunken rage.

The sensational bust-up erupted in the early hours of Friday at the team's Portuguese hotel after a marathon boozing session.


An eye witness says the feuding Premiership stars:


TRADED INSULTS during a bar's karaoke contest when Riise refused to take the stage,


SCREAMED ABUSE as they faced each other toe to toe,


TOTTERED back to their training camp base at 2am,


FOUGHT in a hotel as Bellamy lashed out at Riise's £5 million legs with a golf club, until the pair were


SEPARATED by head coach Rafael Benitez.


The outrage has massive implications for both players and the club, who have just been taken over by new American owners.


Tycoon co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks who invested £470 million were said to be furious that their name has been dragged through the mud just before a vital Champions League clash with Barcelona on Wednesday—their most important match this year.


Insiders have predicted it could spell the end of 27-year-old bad boy Bellamy's career at Anfield.

The astonishing incident kicked off at Monty's Restaurant and Bar in the upmarket Algarve Vale do Lobo resort where Welsh international Bellamy and Norwegian World Cup hero Riise, 25, were winding down with colleagues after five days' training in preparation for Wednesday.


An inside source revealed: "There had been a lot of drinking and everyone was enjoying themselves.


"But it all went wrong when Craig tried to drag John up for a song.


"There was a karaoke competition going on, but John's a quiet one off the pitch and wasn't having it at all.


"It started off as a bit of a lark with some of the other lads having a go but then it got completely out of hand. John went ballistic because Craig wouldn't take no for an answer. He was screaming at Craig to leave him alone, saying he wouldn't do it and yelling insults.


"Everyone was completely stunned by it because they were really having a go, standing there toe to toe swearing at each other. There were about 20 players in the bar including all the senior guys, like Steven Gerrard, Peter Crouch and Dirk Kuyt.


"They were warned to keep a lid on it and it appeared to calm down.


"It was really late, about 2am, and the players eventually started drifting off to bed. But Craig, who was sharing with Steve Finnan, was so wound up he couldn't sleep.


"He suddenly grabbed a golf club and went looking for John. And when he found him he waded in, hacking at his legs with the club.


"All hell was let loose and John suffered a lot of bruising. Craig was out of control and shouting that John had belittled him in front of the lads."

Eventually coach Benitez was called to separate the two stars. The boss was said to be horrified and called both players to an emergency summit after they sobered up.

Benitez had plenty to worry about. Unconfirmed reports in a local newspaper said one footballer had also been handcuffed after allegedly trying to headbutt a policeman.


And it was claimed other players smashed electrical equipment in the resort with their golf clubs.

Staff at the four-star Barringtons Centro Deportivo hotel were ordered to keep quiet about the disturbance.

"The players flew back to Britain on Friday and were trying to keep a lid on the shameful incident.



But our source said: "With Liverpool just about to play one of the most important matches in their history this is the last thing they need.


"The break was meant to be a bit of rest and recreation with light training to get the team acclimatised for the Nou Camp on Wednesday, but this fight has ruined everything.



"It has heaped disgrace on the club when all the attention should be focused on what happens on the pitch. The new owners can't understand how grown men can behave like this. They believe the club's reputation is in the gutter and find it incredible that this should happen just before the Barcelona game.


"If Liverpool lose the match because of this there'll be hell to pay."


Riise's teammates are shocked at Bellamy's attack on a fellow professional and friend. A source said: "To smash a golf club into a fellow player's legs is unforgivable.

"It's the worst place ever to attack a footballer. Damaged legs are no good to anyone in this business and Riise is known for his trademark blockbusting shots.



"It's like deliberately trying to break someone's leg on the pitch — however cross or angry you are, it's a no-brainer. You just can't do it.


"John was mortified when Craig came bursting into his room like that. Anything could have happened."


It is not clear what punishments the players face. But hard-line Spaniard Benitez is unlikely to tolerate such loutish behaviour ever again and at the very least is expected to fine both men heavily.


One insider said: "Some people feel it's time to ship Bellamy out so he can be someone else's problem."


A Liverpool spokesman said: "We're not prepared to make any comment."



This has GOTTA be made up!!

Perhaps not made up but possibly over exaggerated.

[Red_Polo]

That is a much more detailed report, and if true a massively damaging one.

[kurtangle01]

Why do club have these breaks because they always seem to end in controversy/

If Bellamy has doen that, and I guess time will tell, then thee is no doubt that he's a goner. Riise on the other hand has, if the reporst are true, done nothing wrong.

I guess we'll see how it goes.

[Marshy]

This bit is stupid - 'Tycoon co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks who invested £470 million were said to be furious that their name has been dragged through the mud' - yeah really, they're probably only finding out about it now like the rest of us particularly with their busy rich lives being lived several thousand miles away.

[ronan]

anyone else find it strange that fowler has been mentioned a few times just for being drunk?

[Marky]

That is a much more detailed report, and if true a massively damaging one.

Do you reckon we'll hear anymore about all this tomorrow?
This is massive, massive news if this all these reports are indeed the truth.
I'm lost for words.

[spud_gun]

anyone else find it strange that fowler has been mentioned a few times just for being drunk?

erm..nope. Do you?

[einar]

This bit is stupid - 'Tycoon co-chairmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks who invested £470 million were said to be furious that their name has been dragged through the mud' - yeah really, they're probably only finding out about it now like the rest of us particularly with their busy rich lives being lived several thousand miles away.

Surely they where notified as soon as it happened.