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Ex-Liverpool FC star David Thompson has been left with an arm in a plaster cast after a cycling horror crash.

The former Reds midfielder was sent tumbling after he hit a rock as he rode downhill - even falling over a cliff edge.

The 38-year-old revealed the injury as he joked on social media following the incident.

Posting on picture-sharing app Instagram, the TalkSport presenter wrote: “It started well enough until I hit a rock on my descent and fell over a cliff edge very lucky boy, got an operation scheduled for later!!

“Always wanted to look like Gary Lineker in the 86 World Cup #downhillmountainbiking #euros”

The Birkenhead-born ex-pro - whose club career also included stints at Wigan, Coventry and Blackburn Rovers - posted the words online this afternoon.

The message - which includes images of his left arm in a cast and the accident and emergency unit he attended - sparked dozens of get well soon messages.