Togo coach Tom Saintfiet said Emmanuel Adebayor will not be selected for international duty anymore after failing to respond to a recent call-up. Tottenham striker Adebayor was named in the squad for the African Nations Cup qualifier in Djibouti but officials confirmed last week that he had not reported for duty.

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“If you are dating a woman who does not want to respond positively, then you must look for another woman,” Saintfiet said. Saintfiet said the 31-year-old, who has been omitted from Tottenham’s Premier League and Europa League squad lists this season, only needed to send a text message or an email.

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Adebayor played and scored the winner in a 2-1 qualifying win against Liberia in June but expressed his disappointment then that he was overlooked for the captaincy, and threatened that he would not play against Djibouti.

Saintfiet, who criticised Adebayor for a lack of discipline in June, said: “For me, it is clear that it is a player who does not want to play for his country anymore, and he does not want his country to be qualified for the next African Cup of Nations.

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“He has agreed to play against Liberia, and not against Djibouti. For me, it is not the duty of a player to decide against which opponent he will play.”

Adebayor has been in and out of Togo’s team and fighting with coaches for years.