Green denies claims over Caulker 'scuffle'
QPR goalkeeper Robert Green has strongly denied reports that Steven Caulker was hurt as a result of an altercation at a Christmas lunch.
British tabloid reports claimed that Caulker was taken to hospital after a scuffle broke out in a pub where both QPR and Crystal Palace players were present.
Premier League club QPR quickly dismissed rumours of an incident and Green has followed suit, insisting team-mate Caulker simply slipped and cut his head.
"If you wanted an accurate headline on the story, it would be 'man falls over'," Green told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"I think that in response, the club have said pretty much what happened: he came out, slipped over and banged his head.
"But this is the nature of the beast in football. I must have been in a different bar.
"It was a Sunday lunch, after we'd had a tough week winning two games out of three, including a big win against Burnley. We didn't have a game until a week on Monday.
"We've got people far too old to be going out late at night, with me, Rio Ferdinand and Richard Dunne.
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"Steven was back out of hospital and we had a laugh about it, and unfortunately it's made the front page of the paper."