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Mark Clattenburg and Adam Lallana had words back in the midfielder's Southampton days(Image: 2013 Getty Images)

Ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has opened up on a spat he had with ex-Liverpool star Adam Lallana.

Talking on The Overlap Fan Debate, Clattenburg was asked by Reds legend Jamie Carragher and Paul Scholes to shed light on some of his biggest bust-ups with players over the years.

The clash with Lallana is regarded as one of the former official's most infamous controversies from his days on the pitch, to the point where it made its way into the public domain.



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Clattenburg, who was the referee for Southampton's 2-1 defeat to Everton in 2014, was accused by the Saints of using 'abusive and insulting' language towards their captain after the game, before being cleared of misconduct by the FA.

"I remember I had a fight with Adam Lallana," Clattenburg began, reflecting on the heated incident.

He was a bit upset.

"There were some choice words said and I said to him, 'look, you've changed since you've played for England'.

And that was that, nothing was said anymore and I thought, well I diffused that quite well, I'm happy with myself.

Mark Clattenburg has opened up on his clash with Adam Lallana (Image: 2012 Getty Images)

"Next day I read whatever the newspaper [was] and headline was 'Mark Clattenburg says this to Adam Lallana'.

And it could only have come from Adam Lallana, even though he's used his club to make a complaint."

According to Clattenburg, Lallana attempted to smooth things over on the opening weekend of the following season, after sealing a £25million move to Liverpool from the Saints that summer.

Adam Lallana gestures to Mark Clattenburg

Clattenburg added: "He signs for Liverpool and I'm refereeing Liverpool (on the) opening day of the season.

And he comes up to us in the tunnel and says 'Mark, I wasn't behind it'.
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