Soccer: Liverpool player's pay details revealed on web

LONDON - Liverpool have launched an investigation after the pay details of Norwegian defender John Arne Riise appeared on the internet.

Photographs of a wages slip showing his monthly salary of 139,634 pounds were sent to email addresses around the Web and were shown on internet forums.

"We are taking it very seriously and we are investigating," said a club spokesman.

The payslip also revealed the player's home address and national insurance number.

A Merseyside Police spokesman said the force had yet to receive a complaint about the matter.

- REUTERS