Thursday, January 16, 2014
Stoke fine Kenwyne Jones £80,000
Stoke City have reportedly fined Kenwyne Jones a hefty £80,000 after the striker texted manager Mark Hughes to let him know he was unavailable to play against Liverpool last Sunday.
Stoke were unsure as to whether Jones would carry through his no-show threat, but the forward duly failed to attend the team’s pre-match meal at their Clayton Wood training ground.
Unsurprisingly, Hughes was livid at Jones’ conduct and immediately saw that the Trinidad & Tobago forward was fined two weeks’ wages (which, depressingly enough, equates to roughly £80,000), and his only comment to media enquiries after Stoke’s 5-3 defeat was that Jones had been ‘unavailable’.
Stoke were unsure as to whether Jones would carry through his no-show threat, but the forward duly failed to attend the team’s pre-match meal at their Clayton Wood training ground.
Unsurprisingly, Hughes was livid at Jones’ conduct and immediately saw that the Trinidad & Tobago forward was fined two weeks’ wages (which, depressingly enough, equates to roughly £80,000), and his only comment to media enquiries after Stoke’s 5-3 defeat was that Jones had been ‘unavailable’.
