Never one to mince his words, West Brom’s James McClean found himself in a little contretemps with Sunderland’s Lamine Koné at the weekend. After the clash between the two sides at the Stadium of Light which saw the two players go head to head, the Black Cats’ defender Tweeted “By the way, who is James McClean?”.
We deserved better (again) yesterday. But we finally did a clean sheet. 🔴⚪️
By the way, who is James McClean? 🤔👻 pic.twitter.com/rAbjC8Yg5G— Lamine Koné (@LamineKone_23) April 3, 2016
Unsurprisingly, former Sunderland star McClean responded with this zinger…
The guy that put you on your backside big fella @laminekone_23, some say your still laying there 👀😂
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On Monday evening, Kone hit back on Twitter with this…
I didn’t saw McClean playing sorry 👻 Is he the benchwarmer who beat me in the back? Next time you’ll need 2 like you in front to hurt me 👊🏾
— Lamine Koné (@LamineKone_23) April 4, 2016
Unsurprisingly, that gave Republic of Ireland international McClean posted the perfect opportunity for another cheeky response which also had a pop at Sunderland fans’ dental health…
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What a pair of cheeky scamps! Although one imagines Black Cats’ fans will be rather less tickled by McClean’s jibes.