Liverpool winger Stewart Downing has been arrested on suspicion of assault, according to reports on Sunday.
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Downing, 27, was alleged to have been involved in a confrontation with a former girlfriend in a pub in Yarm near his home town of Middlesbrough in the early hours of Sunday morning.
"Police were called to an incident at a pub on Yarm High Street shortly before 1am on Sunday, January 8," Cleveland police said in a statement. "A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and a 32-year-old woman has also been arrested on suspicion of assault