Victor Valdes is a man who had a lot of pent up anger.
The former Barcelona goalkeeper spent the best part of an entire year warming himself on the bench at Manchester United, and that would frustrate anyone.
However that nightmare came to an end in January, and he is now on loan at Standard Liege in Belgium where he is the club’s first choice.
However it seems as if the inner chimp is still at the controls, as he lost his head by grabbed an Anderlecht player by the throat in Sunday’s league clash between the sides that ended 3-3.
Valdes squared up to Kara Mbodji after what has been described as an over enthusiastic elbow in the box, and the goalkeeper did not take too kindly to the aggression one little bit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuwW3uD0yKU
Both men escaped any sanction and it’s understood they even swapped jerseys after the full time whistle.
The reaction afterwards to the incident was mixed.
https://twitter.com/Sporting_AND/status/704026662715969536
https://twitter.com/borgske77/status/704047943985274882
Of course Valdes was famously sent off in a Clasico after the game, when he lost the plot with a referee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jih2Sp83zL8
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