Ex-Everton striker Francis Jeffers to take on former Liverpool star David Thompson in charity boxing match

The fight was confirmed on social media

Francis Jeffers clashed with another Liverpool player, goalkeeper Sander Westerveld (Getty)

Former Everton and Arsenal striker Francis Jeffers has agreed to fight ex-Liverpool midfielder David Thompson in a charity boxing match.

Thompson played for Liverpool for four years between 1996 and 2000 and came up against Jeffers on a number of occasions during the striker’s four years at Goodison Park.

The pair will face off at the Camp and Furnace in Liverpool after Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Derry Mathews made the announcement on Twitter.

He said: “Delighted that Franny Jeffers will be fighting David Thompson on are CampandFurnace charity show ex Everton v Liverpool who's going to win?”

Jeffers played 60 times for Everton before moving to Arsenal in a £10m deal in 2001 before also having short-term spells at Charlton, Blackburn, Sheffield Wednesday, Accrington Stanley and Motherwell – as well as Australian side Newcastle Jets and Malta’s Floriana.

He is now an academy coach with the Toffees, while Thompson is a radio pundit on BBC Merseyside.