Trinidad & Tobago head coach Stephen Hart has accused Barnet of being unprofessional and bullying defender Gavin Hoyte after denying him the chance to represent the Soca Warriors in a friendly against Mexico tomorrow.

The 28-year-old had been called up to Hart's squad for the clash in Utah and should have flown out on Wednesday. But Hart claims the Bees prevented his participation.

He told Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: “I was not pleased with how his club handled it. Basically they bullied the player.

"They told him he would be available and they would release him and then just hours before he is supposed to get on the plane they refuse to let him go and then you place the player in a situation where he is in a scrap with the club and the manager. 

“I think that was very unprofessional and quite frankly they showed disrespect to the Trinidad and Tobago international programme because I am sure if it was England who called him, or Ireland or Wales, they would let him go.

“It is certainly a situation that I am not going to look upon lightly with other players as well if it comes up. I will enter discussions with Gavin because he has to also put his foot down with the club.”

He added: “They didn’t say yes from the beginning because then they knew we could refer to the FIFA statutes."

Hoyte has won two caps for Trinidad, the last of which came against Iran in June.