Celtic take action with Stokes after Twitter rant

Following his rant on Sunday about wages and not featuring in the first team, Anthony Stokes has been suspended by the club for two weeks.

His actions on social media lead to manager Ronny Deila condemning the Irishman and calling him out to prove himself, rather than just talking.

Deila accused him of being disrespectful to the rest of his team mates, saying it was a team game and no one individual is more important than the team or club.

Yesterday morning the 27-year-old striker arrived at Lennoxtown and was turned away and told to stay away until further notice.

According to the Daily Mail, his two week suspension is in place and his actions on social media are now being investigated.

That’s despite Stokes’ apology in what he described as what he described as a heat of the moment reaction to being frozen out of the squad.

A source close to him on Tuesday night said:

Anthony is surprised and disappointed Celtic have taken this action. All he wants is to play football for his club.

He doesn’t care about the wages, he wants to play football and make a contribution and that was the point of the Tweets he later apologised for publicly.

This latest incident will do little to help his chances of getting back into the first-team squad, if he even returns.

Stokes has already been linked with a move away from Celtic, and looks set to leave Paradise in January under a dark cloud of controversy.