If your woman doesn't respond well, you find another one - Togo boss dumps Tottenham's Adebayor

Omitted: Emmanuel Adebayor will not be selected for future Togo matches
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Vaishali Bhardwaj10 September 2015

Emmanuel Adebayor will not be selected for Togo in the future after the coach of the national team Tom Saintfiet likened the Tottenham striker to a bad date following his no-show during the international break.

The 31-year-old was selected for Togo's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Djibouti last Friday - which they won 2-0 - but, according to Saintfiet, did not show up.

The coach also claimed Adebayor did not respond to the call-up after failing to send him a text message or an email, which has now left him seeking alternative strike options for Togo's future matches.

"If you are dating a woman who does not want to respond positively, then you must look for another woman," Saintfiet said.

"For me, it is clear that it is a player who does not want to play for his country anymore and he does not want his country to be qualified for the next African Cup of Nations.

"He has agreed to play against Liberia, and not against Djibouti. For me, it is not the duty of a player to decide against which opponent he will play."

Adebayor has one year left on his current £100,000-a-week contract at Spurs, but has been omitted from the club's Premier League and Europa League squads following a summer in which Tottenham failed to sell him.

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