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Vinnie Jones told his neighbour to ‘knock it on the f****** head’ for playing tennis too loudly — before realising it was Pete Sampras

VINNIE Jones yelled “Knock it on the f***ing head” at a neighbour playing tennis, not realising it was Pete Sampras.

The actor and ex-footie star was sunbathing with Jason Statham and Kelly Brook at his LA mansion when they got sick of the noise from next door.

 Vinnie Jones told of an incident where he yelled at his neighbour for playing tennis too loudly while he was trying to sunbathe
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Vinnie Jones told of an incident where he yelled at his neighbour for playing tennis too loudly while he was trying to sunbatheCredit: Getty

He said: “Statham’s going, ‘Have a word’. So I scramble through the hedge going, ‘Oi, turn it down mate, we’re next door sunbathing’.

“He went, ‘You Vinnie Jones?’ I went, ‘Yeah’.

“He said, ‘I loved you in Snatch’. I said, ‘f*** that mate, knock the tennis on the f***ing head’.

“He said, ‘Er, sorry, I’ve got the US Open on Saturday’.

 It turned out that Vinnie's neighbour was Pete Sampras, who had been practising for the US Open
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It turned out that Vinnie's neighbour was Pete Sampras, who had been practising for the US OpenCredit: Reuters

I said, ‘Who the f*** are you then?’ He said: ‘Pete Sampras’ — all right son, carry on.”

"Statham said: ‘Who was that?’ I said: ‘Pete Sampras’, he said: ‘You prick’."

Vinnie told the tale at an event with footie mate Paul Gascoigne in Middlesbrough on Sunday.

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