Cops threaten Premier League ace Troy Deeney with pepper spray during clash outside nightclub after brawl with fan
The Watford star was thrown out of a Birmingham bar following row with a punter who was pestering him for a picture just hours after team's 2-0 loss to Manchester United
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PREMIER League striker Troy Deeney was ejected from a nightclub by bouncers on Sunday morning — then threatened with a pepper spray by police.
The 28-year-old Watford captain had been attacked inside the club by a man who was pestering him to pose for a photograph.
A source said: “Troy didn’t want to pose, which irritated the guy.
“Troy was punched by him and then again by one of the bloke’s pals.
“Everyone was then removed from the club.”
Video footage taken outside Levana Bar in Birmingham City Centre shows a policewoman holding up a pepper spray to an angry-looking Deeney’s face as officers attempt to calm the situation.
The WPC is heard yelling: “Get back!”
The club fight kicked off hours after Watford lost 2-0 to Manchester United.
A source told The Sun: “Troy was being pestered for picture all night by this guy but didn't want to pose for it which irritated the guy.
"Troy's mate told him no and then Troy was punched by him and then again by one of the photo bloke's pals.
"Everyone was then removed from the club.
"One of the bouncers had his arms around his stomach.
“It was almost like he physically picked him up before going through other drinkers and putting him outside away from the premises."
Bar Levana offers booth deals for customers, with the top one giving them two bottles of Grey Goose, one of Jack Daniels, Champagne and two jugs of mixers.
The police were not involved in the incident and no-one was injured. Deeney was pictured being bundled out.
Denney, touted as a future England player, was jailed 10 months for his part in a fight in outside a nightclub in the city back in 2013 . CCTV showed him punching one student before kicking him on the ground.
But after his release from prison he said later he was a reformed character and added: “Going to prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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“The two years leading up to that, I was thinking I was a man because I was going out drinking and paying for everyone.”
The footballer was released from Aston Villa as a teenager and was training as bricklayer before he was spotted by Walsall who took him on.
He signed for Watford in 2010 and won promotion with them to the Premier League in 2015.
The club did not respond to requests for a comment on this latest incident.