Liverpool veteran James Milner has revealed the remarkable story of how he was almost kidnapped at the 2014 World Cup.

The midfielder was a part of then boss Roy Hodgson's Three Lions squad in Brazil.

Milner has now revealed that he and England team-mate Phil Jagielka got into a bit of trouble as they finished a round of golf near the team hotel.

Speaking during an interview for Amazon Prime: “We went for a round of golf and couldn't quite get the holes in.

“Your group finished in front of us and a car picked you up. Me and Jags said: “We will finish the last two holes and then we'll come back.

“I said to the guy, we will leave the buggies and then we will walk back.

“We've come out of the gate, the gate shut behind us. We're walking down the street and turn around and there's a group of guys.

“We're glancing and we're walking a bit quicker, and they're walking a bit quicker.

“Then they start jogging, so we start running and I'm like, 'we're in trouble in here' so we're sprinting. We can outrun them.

“But the next thing, a car pulls up next to us, so I'm like, we're getting kidnapped here, it's game over.

“The doors slides open and it's the security boys shouting 'Quick, get in!' so we jumped in on the move back to the hotel."