Collymore’s fire extinguisher, Gazza’s ‘dentist’s chair’ and Kenedy upsetting China: Times footballers have got into hot water abroad
West Brom players allegedly stole a taxi to get home after a night out in Barcelona - but's it's not the first time footballers have made headlines for all the wrong reasons
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WEST BROM are in hot water are four players were quizzed by Spanish police after allegedly stealing a taxi to get back to their hotel after a night out
The Baggies, who are currently bottom of the Premier League, jetted to Barcelona for some warm weather training.
But it appears things have all gone horribly wrong.
Police were called after the footballers were said to have driven off in the cab from a McDonald’s drive-through and abandoned it outside their luxury five-star Spanish hotel before going up to their bedrooms.
The four players - who have not been named - were hauled down to a local police station after being dragged out of bed at The One boutique hotel.
Here, SunSport checks out five other times footballers have made the headlines for all the wrong reasons on trips out for club and country.
Kenedy offending the whole of China, 2017
Chelsea youngster Kenedy was sent home in disgrace after his offensive posts on social media.
The Premier League champions apologised for the Brazilian posting images with “f***ing China” as a caption – then sent him home.
His Instagram rant made a massive impact in China and Kenedy was jeered during the friendly against Arsenal at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing.
Antonio Conte’s squad moved on to Singapore after the clash but the row rumbled on leading to Kenedy being ordered to fly back to the UK.
He is now trying to restore his reputation on loan at Newcastle.
Gazza's 'dentist chair' before Euro 96
Paul Gascoigne, or as we all know him as Gazza, scored a sublime goal for England against Scotland at Euro 96.
But his celebration even managed to outshine the skills of the strike.
He laid on his back on the pitch, and motioned for his England team-mates to squirt water into his mouth.
It was in reference to the infamous 'dentist's chair'.
England's players went out after a 3-0 friendly win before the tournament in Beijing where they took advantage of the 'dentist's chair' at The China Jump.
It led to photos plastered all over the press, and calls for Gazza to be dropped from the squad.
Then he scored THAT goal, and all was forgotten. Well, almost.
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Leicester's La Manga sex scandal, 2004
The nightmare began after Leicester players returned to their hotel in La Manga after a night out.
Cops asked to nine of them to report to their police station so they could quiz them about claims made by three German women staying at the resort.
Detectives were probing allegations that some players forced their way into a room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel while accusations of sexual assault were made against three others.
Defender Frank Sinclair, now 46, faced charges over the alleged attack along with striker Paul Dickov, 45, and winger Keith Gillespie, 42.
But more than two months after the arrests, DNA evidence proved none of them had sexual contact with the woman, and all charges were dropped.
Nutter with the putter in the Algarve, 2007
Craig Bellamy was labelled as the 'Nutter with the Putter' (ok, so it wasn't ACTUALLY a putter, but go with it) after attacking then-team mate John Arne Riise on a trip to Portugal.
The pair clashed while team-mates at Anfield in February 2007 ahead of the Champions League knockout tie against Barcelona.
The Norwegian’s refusal to join in with a karaoke session in Algarve fell foul of the Welsh bad-boy Bellamy, who later attacked the left-back with an eight iron.
Bellamy even celebrated his strike by swinging an imaginary golf club when he scored a few games later.
He earned the nickname ‘the nutter with the putter’ after the infamous
incident and was never far from controversy.
Collymore and the fire extinguisher, 2000
It was another Leicester trip out to La Manga - and it ended with striker Stan Collymore facing the boot from the Foxes.
He had only just joined the Foxes from Aston Villa days earlier, and in drunken night out it was revealed he had let off a fire extinguisher that covered fellow guests in foam.
He was fined two weeks wages by the club, warned about his future conduct and then had to pay £700 to the bar where the incident happened for damage.
Then-boss Martin O'Neill, realising that there was talent in the man, described it as a "yellow card offence and his contract wasn't ripped up.
