News has emerged that City skipper withdrew himself late on after refusing to comply with a referee request to remove jewellery - in his case, a wedding ring.
UEFA rules do not permit jewellery to be worn but the FA do allow it if taped and safe whilst FAW do not and a Welsh league referee was in charge of the friednly vs FC Twente.
But does anyone believe it was a simple row over jewellery? Purse claims he has never removed it in his life. Or was it prima donna behaviour and a sulk?
Purse was named as a substitute for the game, only to be expected following a poor pre-season which saw him miss a game at Yeovil due to floods and put in poor personal displays since at Stockport and Port Talbot. It also means it's inevitable he'll be starting the season vs Stoke on the bench too as Johnson and Loovens performed well last weekend.
I personally don't believe for a single moment that had Purse been playing in a Championship clash that he wouldn't have complied. I'm not even sure why his manager didn't have words with him ... maybe he did but kept them private. It's ridiculous to miss an important pre-season game for something so relatively minor like this.
Purse's argument is understandable but it certainly will have done him no favours.
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