SUNDERLAND MANAGER MARTIN O’NEILL has voiced his concern at James McClean’s decision to start tweeting again.
The 23-year-old Republic of Ireland winger received death threats on Twitter in November after refusing to wear a commemorative poppy while playing for his club.
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McClean also created a media storm when lashing out at Giovanni Trapattoni for leaving him on the bench against Kazakhstan in September.
The former Derry city player voluntarily left Twitter in early February, but his decision to post two tweets this week did not go down well with his club boss.
“Is he maturing? No,” O’Neill told the Northern Echo. “No, he has gone back on Twitter – even against the advice of the club, he has gone back on. So he’ll have to look out for himself then.
“I am learning about these things (social networking sites) all the time, and I have no major problem with people going on them.
“But what they don’t seem to realise is whatever they say there goes into the public domain.
“As long as he doesn’t start to talk about the football club, then fine. And as long as he doesn’t swear. These are the things I would take exception to.
“There must be no derogatory comments about the football club, regardless. I am not so sure what we can do. I will have to have a look at it and see. But has he learned? We will see.”
Martin O'Neill: 'Is James McClean maturing? No.'
SUNDERLAND MANAGER MARTIN O’NEILL has voiced his concern at James McClean’s decision to start tweeting again.
The 23-year-old Republic of Ireland winger received death threats on Twitter in November after refusing to wear a commemorative poppy while playing for his club.
McClean also created a media storm when lashing out at Giovanni Trapattoni for leaving him on the bench against Kazakhstan in September.
The former Derry city player voluntarily left Twitter in early February, but his decision to post two tweets this week did not go down well with his club boss.
“Is he maturing? No,” O’Neill told the Northern Echo. “No, he has gone back on Twitter – even against the advice of the club, he has gone back on. So he’ll have to look out for himself then.
“I am learning about these things (social networking sites) all the time, and I have no major problem with people going on them.
“As long as he doesn’t start to talk about the football club, then fine. And as long as he doesn’t swear. These are the things I would take exception to.
“There must be no derogatory comments about the football club, regardless. I am not so sure what we can do. I will have to have a look at it and see. But has he learned? We will see.”
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