Liverpool defender Jon Flanagan has been charged with common assault, police have said.
Merseyside Police said the 24-year-old full-back had been charged following an incident in Liverpool city centre on Friday.
A force spokesman said: 'Merseyside Police can confirm that Jonathan Patrick Flanagan, aged 24, from Cressington in 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.