Danny Simpson reveals football rival DM’d him to set up fight… and backs ex-Man Utd team-mate to make boxing switch [Video]

DANNY SIMPSON is already being called out to an all-footie fight ahead of his boxing debut.

The 2016 Premier League winner with Leicester faces YouTuber Danny Aarons on Saturday night in Dublin.

Misfits Boxing – headed up by YouTuber KSI and his manager Mams Taylor – welcome stars from the social media, celebrity and sports world to fight in crossover-style bouts.

But Simpson – a former team-mate of Cristiano Ronaldo’s at Manchester United – becomes the first footballer to cross over.

And he expects several others to follow his lead having already been challenged behind-the-scenes by Prem rival James McLean.

Simpson told SunSport: “I think if anything you’ve got to be quite brave in in general. But to be the first…

“I hope so, because I said a lot of lads watch love boxing.They go, you always see the footballers at the …