Oliver Burke sent a cryptic tweet out after being dropped by Gordon Strachan for Scotland‘s 3-0 defeat to Slovakia.
The Red Bull Leipzig attacker went into both of his country’s World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Slovakia as the star man after his £13million move from Nottingham Forest to the Bundesliga in the summer.
But he failed to impress in the disappointing 1-1 draw with Lithuania at Hampden on Saturday.
Bizarrely, though, Burke was then dropped entirely from Strachan’s squad for tonight’s game in Trnava despite no sign of being injured.
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Now, just 30 minutes after full-time, Burke has taken to Twitter to send out a tweet that you must think is related to his axing from tonight’s squad:
According to emojipedia.org, the Face Without Mouth empoji is defined as: “This emoji has eyes, and no mouth. Represents silence, as this emoji is always silent. Imagine the things he would say if he had a mouth!”
So if Burke did have a mouth, he’d probably say he was fully fit and was dropped by Strachan in an error from the Scotland manager.
He’s since deleted the tweet – no doubt recognising the reaction to it and realising he still has to travel home with his manager and team-mates.
Scotland’s loss to Slovakia means they now sit fourth in their qualifying group, with four points from three games, going into next month’s clash with England at Wembley.
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