Assou-Ekotto - doesn’t like criticism

Footballers, they just don’t have the same flair for sudden violence that they used to.

Remember when Catona flew into the stands, doing not a single, but a double karate kick? That wasn’t even rehearsed. That was just instinctive Kung Fu from a great player. Wonderful times.

Unfortunately, they are also olden times, because you wouldn’t get that kind of balletic rage anymore. You might get spitting. Someone calling a fan a c-word. But no Kung Fu. No karate.

In the case of Tottenham’s Assou-Ekotto, the weekend confirmed that he likes to express unmitigated fury by shouting “What? What? What?” for exactly three seconds, before getting easily plucked away from the whirlwind by an elderly gentleman.

Pretty tame stuff, and yet the police look set to probe the incident, which came after Spurs lost to lowly Wolves. This was said in today’s Sun:

“The fan just leaned over and shouted ‘you’re shit’”

“It was no more offensive than that - and it was fair after the way he had played.”

Assou-Ekotto, we await a statement. You would be wise to include a “sardines” reference.