I just want to get this straight in my head.
It is Adam. Not Adams.
Charlie Adam will not be charged by the FA for the tackle on Paulinho which has ruled the Brazilian out for a month with damaged ankle ligaments.
Referee Kevin Friend did not see the incident at the time and
it has been reviewed by the FA's disciplinary panel, who examined the video evidence and decided it was not worthy of a red card.
There will be no further action, although this may not deter Tottenham from their plan to write to the FA about Adam's tackling, which has left its mark four times on Spurs players in less than three years.
Gareth Bale was twice hurt by Adam, Scott Parker and now Paulinho. Tottenham have confirmed today after MRI scans that the Brazil international is likely to be out for about four weeks.
Spurs fans booed Adam when he appeared as a second-half substitute on Sunday and Paulinho made his feelings clear as he hobbled off the pitch by shouting at Stoke manager Mark Hughes.
However, after receiving abuse on Twitter, Adam said: ‘Just for the record and the people tweeting me abuse saying so, I don’t and never have had anything against Spurs and I would never intend to injury a fellow professional.’
Spurs are likely to take the unusual step of writing to the FA about Adam.
Tottenham's anger at yet another incident was clear in a statement on Paulinho's condition released on Tuesday morning, unusually highlighting the perpetrator's role in the incident.
'Following a MRI scan, the club can confirm that Paulinho has sustained significant ligament damage to his right ankle after a heavy challenge from Charlie Adam during Sunday's win against Stoke City,' read a statement on the club's official website.
'The Brazil international was forced off as a result of the injury and is expected to be sidelined for at least four weeks.'
Bale was twice hurt by Adam and branded him a ‘coward’ after the second incident, during a pre-season friendly between Tottenham and Liverpool in the United States in 2012.
‘What he did was over the top,’ said Bale at the time. ‘
Some people are like that and it’s just wrong. There are pictures on the internet of what he did before when he snapped all my ankle ligaments. I was out for three months that time and one player told me he went out to do it again.’
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