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Le Tissier makes naked massage claims

Former England forward Matt Le Tissier has said he received a “naked massage” when he was a youngster at Southampton.

Le Tissier, who made 446 league appearances for the Saints after joining them as a trainee in 1985, spoke out as investigations into historic child sex abuse in English football continued on Tuesday.

The 48-year-old later Tweeted to say he "never felt like I’ve been abused" but did say the incident had left him feeling "uncomfortable".

For the record. Ive never felt like ive been abused. Still dont. Please dont feel sorry for me, im all good just stated what happened

— Matt Le Tissier (@mattletiss7) December 6, 2016

Of the massage incident, he told the BBC: "Everyone was kind of naked and getting thrown on this bed.