Spurs coach blasts ´two-bob´ Wenger

Tottenham coach Clive Allen has slammed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for apparently refusing to shake his hand after Sunday’s match at White Hart Lane.

Wenger congratulated opposite number Harry Redknapp and his assistant Kevin Bond after Spurs’ 2-1 victory, but angered Allen by appearing to ignore his out-stretched hand and walking off down the tunnel.

The Spurs coach believes the Frenchman’s attitude towards him lacked class and made his feelings known after the match.

“He refused to shake my hand,” he said. “He says he didn’t see or hear me. But he’s two-bob, he is.”

Relations between Allen and Wenger have been stormy since the pair clashed at the end of last season’s corresponding fixture at White Hart Lane, although the Spurs coach denied reports he swore at the Gunners boss this time around.

Wenger believes the situation is unimportant in comparison with the match itself and accused Allen of blowing the episode out of all proportion.

“Nothing happened,” the Frenchman said. “I shook the hand of the manager and the assistant. How many hands do I have to shake? Is that a prescription?”

“No words were exchanged. If the story of the game is Clive Allen you must ask him. I shook the hands of the manager and assistant manager.”

“I can only repeat that did he want to make himself the story? Yes.”

Spurs boss Redknapp revealed he did not see the incident between Allen and Wenger, but confirmed his coach was angry at the way he had been treated.

“I didn’t really see what happened,” he admitted.

“Arsene shook hands with me and I was pleased with that. I think Clive went to shake hands and he missed him. He didn’t see him.”

“If you’re going to shake hands, either do it and mean it or don’t do it at all. If he doesn’t want to, then he shouldn’t. Clive wasn’t happy.”