Stokes set to be hit with fine for wages outburst
Despite Scott Brown, Kris Commons and Charlie Mulgrew being out through injury Stokes found himself relegated to the stand after being an unused substitute in the 2-1 defeat from Ajax on Thursday night.
The former Arsenal and Sunderland striker claimed that he didn’t give a f*** about wages after being left out and could now pay the price with a fine of upto two weeks wages for his tweet.
Speaking before the match manager Ronny Deila said: “That was respectless to the other boys. We will handle that inside. We will see what we will do. It is not the best way to behave for your team-mates.”
After Celtic went seven points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the SPFL Premiership a repentant Stokes tweeted: “Sorry for earlier Tweet. Hope fans can appreciate my frustration, heat of the moment.”
Pre match he had tweeted: “Who gives a f**k about wages when your not playing games! It’s all about playing and contributing not picking up a wage.
Moments earlier he had tweeted sarcastically: “Buzzing to be brought all the way up to inverness with the team to sit in the stands today, lovely weather for it too.”
By the time the final whistle had blown that message was retweeted 2,600 times with 1,600 fans liking the comment.
Callum McGregor put Celtic in front after seven minutes with substitute Scott Allan helping to secure the points with strikes from Leigh Grifiths and a Daniel Devine og after Miles Storey had equalised for Inverness six minutes from half-time.
In what could be viewed as an indirect comment relating to Stokes after the match Deila said: “It was nice to see people coming back from being out of the team or having a bad time(McGregor made his first start of the season against Ajax while Allan was making his fourth appearance of the season as a substitute) and getting into it.
“Scott Allan has worked really hard all the time and been really patient. He has showed in training that he is ready, he’s had his chance in the last two games and showed that he has something to offer at this level. I’m really pleased for him.
“Callum has also been working really hard, having him back makes the whole team stronger.”
Next Saturday Celtic host Hamilton Accies with Stokes likely to be involved in Tuesday’s Development League match against St Johnstone.