Celtic striker Anthony Stokes suspended by club for Twitter remarks
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Celtic striker Anthony Stokes suspended by club for Twitter remarks

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.

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.