Former Tottenham and Everton winger Andros Townsend was bizarrely run over by a curler as he was warming up for a sport in Thailand.
The ex-England man-turned pundit, 35, is plying his commerce within the Far East, having joined PT Prachuap in the summertime switch window.
Over the break, he was in america protecting the World Cup for ITV, and made headlines for a few of his food regimen decisions in the course of the match.
Extremely, although, on Saturday, he narrowly prevented critical damage when he discovered himself below a pitch curler whereas he warmed up at half-time.
Footage confirmed the driving force of the curler struggling to manage the car, with Townsend kicking a ball away, not wanting in that course, and the group gasped.
The curler then hit Townsend, and he fell to the ground, with the curler actually going over his legs and decrease physique.
Andros Townsend was bizarrely run over whereas warming up for a sport in Thailand on Saturday
Townsend went viral in the course of the World Cup for his weird food regimen, which incorporates consuming uncooked meat
Extremely, he walked away unhurt, and got here on in its place late on in his facet’s 3-0 win. He would later share a video of the incident to his Instagram web page.
PT Prachuap – based mostly in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, 150 miles south of Bangkok – appeared to have leaked Townsend’s arrival two weeks earlier than he joined after they requested if anybody had a three-bedroom home out there for the participant to stay in. They’re the seventeenth membership of his profession.
Townsend made 29 appearances for Kanchanaburi Energy final season, scoring three targets.
He has beforehand performed for Spurs, Newcastle, Palace and Everton, and moved to Thailand after a brief spell with Turkish facet Antalyaspor.
Townsend making the transfer comes after he labored for ITV as a co-commentator in the course of the World Cup.
The ex-England winger went viral on the match for his unconventional food regimen – which incorporates consuming uncooked steak.
He launched a slew of movies selling his all-natural food regimen together with the steak, sardines and boiled eggs on a aircraft.
Townsend’s purpose was to remain wholesome whereas staying in accommodations all through the match, whereas being denied entry to cooking amenities and dealing with the fixed temptation of quick meals. ‘By no means let your circumstances dictate your well being,’ he says.
Townsend claims to have been consuming uncooked meat for 4 years, relationship again to his time when he was within the Premier League and would have had entry to industry-leading dietary recommendation.
