Garry Monk And Chico Flores' 'Brick' Incident: 5 Other Training Ground Bust-Ups (VIDEO)

Monk, Flores And 5 Other Training Ground Bust-Ups (VIDEO)
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The award for training ground bust-up of the season goes to Swansea City teammates Garry Monk and Chico Flores, after reports claimed the latter was seen brandishing a brick during the incident.

Although the club deny a brick was involved, Swansea admitted police were called to their training ground on Friday following a row between defenders.

"The club can categorically state that nobody was threatened with a brick," it said.

A statement from South Wales Police said: "Police were called to the training ground at around 1.30pm on Friday. "Club officials were spoken to and no police action was required."

The pair clashed ahead of the Swans' 3-1 home defeat against Tottenham on Sunday, which extended their winless run to eight Barclays Premier League games and left them three points above the relegation zone.

Here are five other incidents that were reported or captured...

Training ground bust-ups
Joey Barton and Ousmane Dabo(01 of02)
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An incident which is useful ammunition when Barton embarks on one of his pseudo-intellectual crusades, Dabo suffered a detached retina when he was assaulted by the midfielder at the Manchester City training ground in 2007.The disgraced midfielder received a four-month suspended prison sentence for the offence
Mario Balotelli and Roberto Mancini(02 of02)
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That public footpath which goes across City's training ground has now been blocked by newly planted trees, partly because every player spat was caught on camera. A regular of such disagreements was Mario Balotelli, whose Manchester City career effectively ended when Roberto Mancini physically remonstrated with him in January last year.Balotelli, who had been involved in several scuffles with teammates and Mancini before at City's Carrington training base, was grabbed and shoved by his coach before he was restrained by a member of staff. He left for Milan that month