Flanagan charged for assault

Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan has been charged with common assault, British police said on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old was charged following an incident in Liverpool city centre on Friday.

"Merseyside Police can confirm that Jonathan Flanagan, aged 24, from Liverpool has been charged with Section 39 common assault following an incident on Duke Street in Liverpool city centre at around 3.20am on Friday December 22," a spokesman said.

"He has been released on conditional police bail and will appear before Liverpool City Magistrates' Court on January 2 2018."