Jamie Carragher has revealed that Liverpool FC were obliged to train at Rod Stewart's house.
Rod, the 73-year old rocker who is about to release his new album Blood Red Roses, was once a skilled footballer who actually did trials at Brentford.
The singer showed some of that old magic when Liverpool's players trained at his Essex mansion sometime in the late 1990s. Stewart has an 11-a-side football pitch in his garden in Essex.
"We were playing Tottenham away, " Carragher recalled on Sky Sport's Monday Night Football.
"I don't know who organised it, " said the former Liverpool star. "Roy Evans was the manager but on the Friday, we ended up training at Rod Stewart's house.
"The day before a game you don’t do much, little 5-a-side matches and we were practising set-pieces. I was in the 11 and we were defending them but the subs went in. Rod is on the side of the pitch and takes the corner and scores!"
A writer for Liverpool Offside, a fan site, is bemused by the scenario and what happened after they were done practicing.
"Did they just hang out at Rod Stewart’s house? Did he jump on the piano and lead them in a group rendition of Do You Think I’m Sexy? Did they teach him the lyrics to Pass and Move (It’s the Liverpool Groove)? I have so many questions. I think I would watch a dramatic re-enactment of this.
There may be no more training sessions though at Rod's place. According to The Guardian, the 73-year old rocker reportedly put Wood House - it sits on 24.8 acres near Epping - on the market last year for £7.5m.
He had moved to the nearby grade II listed Durrington House, which he bought in 2013. The singer and his wife Penny Lancaster and their two sons spend much of their time in LA.
