West Ham and Newcastle fans fight in Dusseldorf with 21 arrested by police



21 West Ham and Newcastle United supporters arrested after violent clashes in Dusseldorf

Fighting broke out on Friday afternoon with 100 police deployed to the area

Both clubs are competing in the Schalke 04 Cup this weekend



German police have arrested 21 West Ham and Newcastle United supporters after violent clashes in Dusseldorf.



Fighting broke out between the rival fans in the city’s old town on Friday afternoon and 100 police officers were deployed to the area.



In trouble: 21 West Ham and Newcastle fans were arrested for fighting in Dusseldorf (not pictured)

The two clubs are competing in the Schalke 04 Cup this weekend in Gelsenkirchen.



A spokesman for the Polizeipräsidium Düsseldorf said: ‘There were 300 English fans in the city centre.



'The fans from both clubs met and first of all they had some beers on their own, and when they met the other club there has been some verbal arguments. After that they had a psychical fight. '



‘We put 100 policemen in the city centre so that things would calm down and it calmed down very fast but we made 21 short term arrests.’