Just what happened when Edgar Davids and Robbie Keane clashed on the Tottenham training ground?
Martin Jol, the ex-Spurs boss, revealed a few years ago that his two former players once engaged in some fisticuffs, despite issuing the following warning to them – ‘if you start a fight, I will grab you’.
Few details of the incident have emerged, except for the fact the fight happened shortly after Davids joined Tottenham from Internazionale, having also enjoyed successful spells with Barcelona, Juventus, Milan and Ajax.
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Edgar Davids joined Spurs in 2005 and spent a year-and-a-half in north London
This meant the Netherlands legend clashed with Ireland’s all-time leading goalscorer Keane as he was undergoing boxing training and regularly working out in a ring.
Really great timing for Davids, huh?
But what really happened on the Spurs training ground that day? Well, former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara co-hosted talkSPORT’s Sports Breakfast on Monday, and ended up regaling listeners with the inside story of the famous fight.
“I tell you who had a bit about him – Robbie Keane,” said O’Hara. “I remember a story with him and Edgar Davids.
“We were at training and Davids came in from Inter Milan and he thought he was the bee’s knees. He thought he was the guy and the main man and everything, but everyone realised Robbie Keane was the main guy at Tottenham at that time.
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“I remember him giving it to Keano in training and they were having a barney, and I think he tried to step to Robbie Keane and say something – and Keano just sparked him, bosh!
“He just went, bang – one punch. Gone.
“Then Davids has just picked himself up and walked off – and that was it.
“He came in the next day like, ‘morning, Robbie…’
“Everyone knew – you don’t mess with Keano. He had that thing about him that if he switched he would put you straight out.”
Listen to Jamie O’Hara tell the full story on talkSPORT, above…
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