I don't want former Liverpool team-mate in my life - I find it weird when he talks about me

John Arne Riise had admitted he finds it ‘weird’ when Craig Bellamy speaks publicly about attacking him with a golf club.

The infamous incident happened when the pair were Liverpool team-mates in February 2007.

Rafa Benitez’s side were training in the Algarve at the time ahead of facing the mighty Barcelona, then reigning European champions, in Camp Nou in the Champions League round-of-16. Following an argument earlier in the evening, Bellamy would infamously burst into Riise’s hotel room and strike him with a golf club.

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Days later, both would score in Liverpool’s famous 2-1 victory in the Camp Nou, with the Wales international celebrating his own strike with a golf wing before the Norwegian’s late winner. Unsurprisingly, the whole saga holds an unforgettable place in the Reds’ modern history.

If you put the name ‘Craig Bellamy’ into Google, beyond the former Liverpool striker’s profile, ‘Craig Bellamy golf club’ is the second-highest suggested search term. A little lower down the list, you will see ‘Craig Bellamy John Arne Riise’. Their names are ultimately synonymous alongside each other to this day because of that altercation 17 years ago.

Unsurprisingly, both have repeatedly been asked about the clash numerous times over the years, with Bellamy offering up his version of events to The Overlap as recently as last October.

While Riise has forgiven Bellamy, insisting it was out of character despite the Welshman’s ‘big-mouthed’ reputation, he admits the pair will never be friends and that his former team-mate is not someone he wants in his life.

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