Newcastle’s next manager needs to find the ‘rat’ in the dressing room after revelations of a bust-up were leaked to the press.

That’s the view of former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor who even suggested Steve Bruce’s replacement use a lie detector!

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Reports on Monday revealed that Jamaal Lascelles and Isaac Hayden had to be separated by teammates after the Magpies were beaten 3-2 by Tottenham at the weekend.

The Daily Mail reported the fracas unfolded as the players were heading back to the dressing room, with some of the backroom staff having to step in to separate the pair and calm things down.

And Agbonlahor, who made 322 Premier League appearances, suggested the new boss needs to go to extreme measures to find out where the leak came from!

He told talkSPORT: “I’d go in there with a lie detector test and find out who the rat is.

Magpies captain Jamaal Lascelles was one of the players involved in the spat
“Who’s the rat? I’d get them all in the player’s lounge and say who’s the rat?

“Who’s telling the local press everything that’s happening in the club? It’s shocking.

“Fights happen after games all the time! When you lose a game, players are like throwing the food, tipping the tables over because you’re angry.

“It wouldn’t have surprised me if that happened when [Aston] Villa lost against Wolves at the weekend.

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“It used to always happen when you lose a game. That doesn’t mean it has to come out in the media.

“What happens in the changing room stays in there.

“So, there is a rat in that camp and, if I was the new manager, I’d find who it is and get rid.”

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Agbonlahor agreed with his fellow ex-Premier League striker Darren Bent, who said earlier this week that disagreements like the one at Newcastle ‘happen more often than not’.

“There’s a rat in that dressing room,” the former Sunderland man told talkSPORT.

“Everything at St James’ Park seems to get out. That shouldn’t happen.

Someone told the press about the scuffle between Isaac Hayden and Lascelles
“There have been several bust-ups in teams that I’ve played for that would never get out because you’re a tight-knit group.

“These things happen more often than not, I’m telling you. After games, in training, it might be a five-a-side and someone puts a bad tackle in – all hell breaks loose!

“It’s a concern that it keeps getting out.” 

SOURCE:https://talksport.com/football/965763/new-newcastle-manager-lie-detector-player-fight/