10 Training Ground Feuds You Probably Didn't Know About

10. Emmanuel Adebayor And Nicklas Bendtner

Throw two egos together and encourage them to fight for a regular starting role, and sparks will inevitably fly. Put the pair on the same pitch, while a merciless White Hare Lane taunt and ridicule them during a 5-1 drubbing, and turmoil will almost certainy ensue. With both of their fragile egos taking a bruising, they finally vented their frustrations at each other, with the Togolese forward head-butting his Danish team-mate as the pair waited for a Cesc Fabregas corner to be taken. A nasty incident, but not uncommon - but in this case, it was simply a long-running feud coming to the fore. Typical of the two boys, it shamefully began over something as petty as a pair of running shoes.

''There was a rule at Arsenal where no one is allowed to come into the dressing room with trainers or house shoes on. I cannot understand why Nicklas came every day with his shoes on.'' - Emmanuel Adebayor, September 2009.

Demonstrating with Bendtner to remove his offending footwear, the Dane indignantly refused, exacerbating what should have been a nothing situation. Once he gesticulated in an offensive manner to Adebayor during their 5-1 humiliation, Adebayor lost it.

''I was not born with a golden spoon in my mouth. I left Africa at 15. Nicklas had a very ease route. He had the chance to be in the Arsenal Academy, the chance to be an international for Denmark. Football doesn't stop there. Nicklas just thinks he can make himself big.'' - Emmanuel Adebayor, September 2009.