Cricket: Andrew Flintoff has dismissed the row over Michael Vaughan's newspaper interview as "a storm in a teacup" after the England captain was quoted in a newspaper interview as criticising his drunken antics.
The pair met for lunch to discuss the story in Tuesday's Guardian, which quoted Vaughan as saying Flintoff's behaviour in the West Indies when he had to be rescued from a capsized pedalo, had upset team spirit for the World Cup.
Flintoff, currently recovering from his latest ankle operation, was stripped of the vice-captaincy for the incident in which he had to be rescued after falling off a pedalo, infamously dubbed a 'Fredalo'.
"As far as we're concerned it's finished. Myself and Michael have known each other for a long time and we've got a great friendship, and something like this - a bit of a storm in a tea cup - isn't going to affect that," Flintoff said.
"I'm looking forward to getting back on the field and playing under him as quickly as I can."
Flintoff, 29, underwent ankle surgery on Friday and is missing England's third test against West Indies.
Vaughan's comments were dubbed "despicable" by Jim Cumbes, chief executive of Flintoff's county Lancashire but the player himself says he was unaffected by the reports and was keen to hear Vaughan's side of the story.
"Without speaking to him first, it wasn't something I was going to get too flustered about," he said. "I've spoken to him, we've cleared it all up and we'll take it forward from here."