Champion boxer Ricky Hatton plans to release a Christmas single – and he's hoping to get Oasis' Noel Gallagher to join him on the track.

Hatton and the comedian Joey Bowler have re-written Jeff Beck's 1967 song 'Hi Ho Silver Lining' so that it's now entitled 'Hi Ho Ricky Hatton'.

According to the Sun newspaper, Hatton wants his fellow Mancunian Gallagher to join him on the song along with a host of players from Manchester City Football Club.

“It might be tricky to get Noel to sing but he thinks he’ll happily be on the video,” a source told the Sun newspaper.

The current lyrics to 'Hi Ho Hatton' are:

“Hey say he’s never seen a salad, that’s why he’s fat. He’s never been on a diet, and he’ll drink to that.

"He likes his pies and pasties, a pint of Guinness or two. He’s the one they call Ricky Fatton, tonight he’s here for you.

"And it’s hi ho Ricky Hatton, he ate all the pies. He’s never seen a salad, he ate all the pies."

(by Jason Gregory)