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| Bent: Blames Newcastle fans |
Another footballer...another unprovoked attack from rival 'fans'...no doubt a huge insurance bill...and now an unseemly row between cross city supporters on Twitter!
Welcome to the world of Darren Bent!
The £40,000-a-week Sunderland striker claimed that Newcastle-supporting thugs pelted his luxury Land Rover with glass bottles during a shopping trip with friends in the city last week and now war of words has erupted between rival Tyne-Wear fans on the internet.
Bent told his Twitter followers: "So Newcastle Utd fans attack my car with glass bottles today while I'm in a shop. Then proceed to attack it while best friend's girl's in there. Come on now. Bit too far noo?"
He was challenged about why he believed the assailants were supporters of Sunderland's bitter rivals and later tweeted: "Because they were singing 'Newcastle Newcastle' that's how I know."
Northumbria Police confirmed they were investigating a complaint that a glass had been thrown at a parked car.
Bent is one of football's most prolific tweeters, but his habit has landed him in trouble in the past.
He was disciplined by his former club Tottenham Hotspur in 2009 after using Twitter to tell Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to 'stop f****** around' and complete his sale to Sunderland.
And, last year he tweeted that his mother suffered racial abuse in a pub after a Sunderland game.
Bent subsequently closed his db10thetruth account, but later returned to the microblogging service using the name DB11TT.
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