CELTIC’S Irish striker Anthony Stokes has been suspended by the club for two weeks following an outburst on Twitter.
The 27-year-old posted two Tweets bemoaning manager Ronny Deila’s decision to leave him on the bench for Sunday’s 3-1 win at Inverness, before making an apology.
Buzzing to be brought all the way up to inverness with the team to sit in the stands today, lovely weather for it too...🙈😳
— Anthony Stokes (@stoksey10) November 29, 2015
Who gives a fuck about wages when your not playing games! It's all about playing and contributing not picking up a wage.
— Anthony Stokes (@stoksey10) November 29, 2015
Sorry for earlier Tweet. Hope fans can appreciate my frustration, heat of the moment.
— Anthony Stokes (@stoksey10) November 29, 2015
Deila publicly criticised Stokes, who has nine caps for the Republic of Ireland, in the wake of Sunday’s game.
He said: “It is disrespectful to the other boys. Every week we travel with 20 players. The manager puts out 11, seven on the bench and there are always two left out.
“If that’s harder for him than someone else then for me that’s not a team player. It is not the best way to behave for your team-mates.”
And now it appears Deila has the backing of the board, with Stokes set to be frozen out of the club for the next two weeks.
The Dubliner has made just one start for the Bhoys this season and is out of contract at the end of the campaign.
