"I don't think that was an issue. We had a professional relationship," Katich said in a press conference.
The 35-year-old opener, who was axed by CA despite a reasonably good Test record, has decided to continue playing nonetheless.
But he rubbished suggestions that Clarke might have had a hand in getting him ousted to settle scores for the dressing room tiff during which the two came to blows.
"I know there's going to be a lot made of that," he said.
But Katich did admit that the two had a stand-off which was reportedly triggered during the celebrations of a Test win over South Africa.
"I'd just like to say that in regards to that situation, I'm not going to shy away from the fact that we had the incident a couple of years ago," said Katich.
He added: "But we've both been really professional in handling that over the last two years and it hasn't been a problem since then. So I don't think that's an issue," he said.
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