Mo Diame and Jamaal Lascelles to take Newcastle squad out for lunch to apologise for training ground bust-up
Toon pair want to make amends to teammates for the incident that cost peacemaker Jonjo Selvey a broken finger
RAFA BENITEZ has revealed Mo Diame and Jamaal Lascelles will take the Newcastle team out for lunch to say sorry for their training-ground scrap.
SunSport revealed last week how the Toon team-mates had a punch-up.
Jonjo Shelvey acted peacemaker but ended up breaking his finger for his trouble.
And speaking about the brawl for the first time, boss Benitez said: “To be fair, it was a surprise.
“It was part of a small training game and there was a fight.
“Jonjo was in the middle so he was making peace.
“After the incident they apologised to each other.
“It was Mo’s idea to take the team out to lunch. I don’t know when or how they will do it.”
Benitez was not overly concerned by the fight, which was sparked by Lascelles calling Diame “lazy”.
The Spaniard added: “I have seen worse than that over the years.
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“When you are in the middle of a game, and you are losing or winning, players can react in different ways.
“It is nothing, there is lots worse than that.
“I told Jamaal that he has to keep pushing in the right way, and Mo is normally training in the right way too.
“Later on they were fine, and they have been training fine without anything special since.”
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Newcastle make the long journey down to the South Coast on Sunday looking for their first win at Southampton since 2004.
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