- Aug 21, 2008
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Obviously it's from the Mail, which is having a field day after the announcement, but an article caught my eye.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...bust-Freund-Adebayor.html?ico=sport^headlines
REVEALED: How it all went wrong for AVB... Levy's humiliation, his bust-ups with Freund and Adebayor that lost him respect
I'm as sad as anyone that we're starting again, but now it looks like the Chelsea fans were right about AVB. He may have taken a more roundabout route to alienating Freund, Adebayor and BAE than strolling in and cordoning off their parking spots as with Nicolas Anelka and Alex at the bridge - but the immaturity of it shines through. Only Levy and the staff know the real AVB, maybe it wasn't all football.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...bust-Freund-Adebayor.html?ico=sport^headlines
REVEALED: How it all went wrong for AVB... Levy's humiliation, his bust-ups with Freund and Adebayor that lost him respect
Up at Tottenham’s magnificent new training complex in Enfield, north London, it is common knowledge that Villas-Boas and Adebayor cannot stand the sight of each other.
The striker has played once this season, a half-hearted effort after coming on as a half-time substitute during the 6-0 mauling at the Etihad Stadium.
The deterioration of their relationship is the reason Adebayor was instructed to train with the youths at the start of the season. As a senior professional, Adebayor has never forgiven his manager.
Villas-Boas’ response to the problem up front was, apparently, to remind the Tottenham chairman that he wanted to sign Hulk from Zenit St Petersburg. Yet this had never been discussed in the summer.
Next on the agenda was Steffen Freund’s role in the coaching set-up after a spectacular fall-out between the pair when Tottenham were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal on September 1.
Freund, a former Tottenham player who returned to the club as a coach at Levy’s insistence, had always taken a seat next to Villas-Boas on the bench.
But after the derby, when they had a huge disagreement over the team’s approach and the substitutions, Villas-Boas promoted Luis Martins and relegated Freund in the seating positions.
Martins, who arrived at Tottenham with Villas-Boas when he was appointed in 2012, became the manager’s primary confidant. Inevitably it created tensions at the training ground and Freund felt alienated as his role vanished.
I'm as sad as anyone that we're starting again, but now it looks like the Chelsea fans were right about AVB. He may have taken a more roundabout route to alienating Freund, Adebayor and BAE than strolling in and cordoning off their parking spots as with Nicolas Anelka and Alex at the bridge - but the immaturity of it shines through. Only Levy and the staff know the real AVB, maybe it wasn't all football.