Neil Warnock instructed player to 'break Premier League legend's legs'
dailystar.co.ukLiverpool, Newcastle United, and even Manchester City at the advent of the club’s Arab-backed revolution. READ MORE: Craig Bellamy slams John Arne Riise over "bulls***" claims about golf club attack But, having made his name as a precocious talent with Norwich City, Bellamy has revealed that his skill on the pitch also led to him being singled out as a teenager, and recalled one encounter with iconic manager Neil Warnock.Speaking on the Culture Club podcast, Bellamy was asked about a clash with opposition player Darren Bullock that saw the hardman threaten to break his legs, when he remembered: “It was Neil Warnock’s team for Bury, he sent them out.“Bruce Rioch said, ‘it’s him, it’s the manager, he’s done that type of stuff before’...
They were waiting in the tunnel, two of them, and they looked tough as well. They were like, ‘oi, Bellamy’, and I’ve looked round and they’ve gone, ‘I’m going to break your f***ing legs today’.”The maverick forward described how he had laughed off the comment at first, before realising that his opponents were deadly serious.
And, after reporting back to his manager, Bellamy revealed that the boss was “fuming” at Warnock for the threat.In fact, the Welshman recalled that he had a fortunate escape from harm as one of his assailants-to-be ended up getting sent off for violent conduct in the game’s early stages.“Lucky enough one of them got sent off after seven minutes for stamping on one of our player’s heads.
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