Andros Townsend facing Tottenham exit after public bust-up with coach

Andros Townsend looks to be on the way out of Tottenham

ANDROS TOWNSEND looks to have played his last game for Tottenham after being disciplined for an on-pitch row with one of the club's fitness coaches.

 

Mauricio Pochettino, the club's head coach, revealed that the England star would play no part in Thursday's Europa League home game with Anderlecht and has been banished indefinitely.

Townsend, who is also understood to have been fined, was pictured rowing with fitness coach Nathan Gardiner on the White Hart Lane pitch after Monday night's 3-1 victory over Aston Villa.

The 24-year-old winger - a regular pick for England under Roy Hodgson - had been left on the bench, where he saw teenager Josh Onomah sent on for a Premier League debut in his place.

 

Townsend has yet to start a single Premier League game this season but had been picked for cup fixtures.

But Pochettino has decided to make an example of him for shoving Gardiner away angrily during a post-match warm-down session.

Townsend was told to stay away from first team training sessions and knows he will not be forgiven before Sunday's north London derby with Arsenal.

The likelihood is that he will now be sold in January for a fraction of the £15million price tag Spurs placed on him in the summer.

 

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"When there is an action, there is a consequence," said Pochettino. "It is because of Monday. You behave in the wrong way you always need to pay.

"We have a young squad and the player made a mistake, and when you cross the limit it is important to stop that. I am very friendly but discipline is very important to me.

"The staff need to show respect to the player and the player needs to show respect to the staff."

Townsend has apologised to Pochettino but knows he must continue to face the music.

"He recognised that he made a mistake.," said Pochettino. "I can understand because I was a player and when you don't play you're unhappy and sometimes your expectation is bigger.