Nigel de Jong has said he hopes to sit down with Xabi Alonso one day and laugh about the chest-high tackle he made on the Spain international in the 2010 World Cup final.

Xabi Alonso is ready to battle for Spain after the 2010 World Cup final saw Holland's Nigel de Jong 'kung-fu kick' the Real Madrid midfielder in the chest.

Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso has called Nigel de Jong's 'Kung Fu' kick on him in Sunday's World Cup final "one of the worst tackles" he has received. Netherlands midfielder De Jong planted his studs ...

The countdown from 101 continues with Nigel de Jong's high kick. In any match anywhere, the sort of flying, studs-to-the-chest kick that Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong laid on Xabi Alonso is a ...