Jamie Carragher serves up dinner for Inter Milan at his restaurant

Feb 19 2008 Liverpool Daily Post

Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso are joined by staff member Rachel Dickinson at Sports Cafe England, Jamie Carragher's restaurant and bar _320

THEY will be deadly rivals on the pitch tonight but that didn’t stop Inter Milan’s players enjoying a little bit of hospitality from Jamie Carragher yesterday.

The Italian club’s five Argentinean players popped into Cafe Sports England, on Stanley Street, co-owned by the Liverpool FC star, during a walk around the city ahead of their crucial Champions League game at Anfield tonight.

Stars including Javier Zanetti, Esteban Camb- iasso and Hernan Crespo stopped off at the restaur- ant with their families, buying up merchandise for their children and chatting and signing autographs for customers.

Paul Flanagan, from the Flanagan Group, which co-owns the business with Carragher, said: “The Inter lads are staying up at the Radisson Hotel and I think someone there recommended Sports Cafe England to them.

“Their families joined them later.

“We gave them a warm welcome and hopefully it will be even hotter at Anfield tonight.”