Daniel Cleary is suing Tom Brewitt for an incident he claims denied him an opportunity in Liverpool's first team
A former Liverpool FC youth star is suing for more than £200,000 claiming a teammate deliberately injured him to prevent him making the first team.
Neither went on to play a competitive match for Liverpool FC and Mr Cleary is now suing the club and his former teammate over the loss of a top-level career. Both wanted to play, but Mr Cleary's barrister Satinder Hunjan KC said he was "confident" of being selected because he had already played in a pre-season friendly and made the bench for a Europa League match.
He says Mr Cleary tried to dodge the tackle, but Mr Brewitt's foot landed "studs up" on his left shin. The injury resulted in an altered running gait, leading to further injuries and depression, which have restricted his career, he claims. On the podcast, Mr Brewitt spoke of the injury crisis before the Exeter City match and how in his head "it was me or Dan Cleary" who would play.
"I did it on purpose. I'm not incredibly proud of it and I'm not ashamed of it either. Because in my head it was me or him and I was choosing me. "The challenge was a 50/50 challenge with Mr Cleary and Mr Brewitt both going in equally hard to get possession of the ball," she says in its defence."Mr Brewitt was not sent off or otherwise reprimanded for the challenge. Accordingly it was not considered particularly serious or egregious and/or deliberate by those refereeing and overseeing the training match."
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