Andros Townsend’s Girlfriend Thought He Skipped Training, But It Was Actually In Football Manager

The Everton winger was a Tottenham player back in September 2015 when his long-term girlfriend, Hazel, sent him a WhatsApp message asking why he'd received a fine as punishment for missing training.

"I get a text from her one day and I receive a screenshot from Twitter," explained Townsend on live radio.

"As you do, she was searching my name on Twitter and [news of] a fine came up: 'Andros Townsend accepts his fine for reporting late to training'.

"So her mind is going off; if he wasn't at training and he wasn't at home then where was he?

"It could have been a real sticky one!"

Fortunately, however, when he saw the screenshot, Detective Townsend was able to piece together exactly where this supposed 'news' had originated from.

"She's messaged me and it turns out the screengrab is from the popular video game Football Manager," he added.

So no wonder Hazel - when she saw news of the fine and how Townsend (the FM version) had "acknowledged that his unprofessional behaviour is unacceptable" - leapt to the wrong conclusion.

At least the England international was able to explain things to his good lady and relieve her of any concerns that he was living a double life.

Except, of course, in the world of FM where there's simply know excuse for the purely digital Andros's terrible attitude to training.

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