Berra’s battles with Fletcher are in the past
Wednesday 30th June 2010, 12:55PM BST.
Wolves defender Christophe Berra today insisted he is ready to bury the hatchet with Steven Fletcher after they joined forces at Molineux.
Fletcher’s £7m arrival has brought together two players who used to be at each other’s throats in the Edinburgh derby, Berra for Hearts and Fletcher with Hibernian.
Matters came to a head just before Berra’s £2.3m move to Wolves in December 2008 when the defender was accused of having “leapt like a trout” by then Hibs’ boss and Mixu Paatelainen in response to a challenge that got Fletcher sent off in a Scottish Cup fourth round tie.
Paatelainen claimed there was no contact from Fletcher and Hearts rubbed salt into their wounds by winning 2-0.
Berra said: “He did get sent off once for a challenge on me when I got a lot of stick in the papers for supposedly diving. It was a big game and these things happen in football.
“I’ve not said anything to him about it yet but I’m sure we’ll have a bit of banter at some point in training.”
But Berra is in no doubt as to Fletcher’s qualities.
“Fletch is a very good player,” he said. “He’s a very clever player with a good left foot.”
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