Bayern Munich has fined winger Franck Ribery for posting expletives and insults on social media after receiving criticism online for posting a video of being served a gold-leaf steak.
"He used words that we as Bayern Munich cannot accept and that Franck as a role model, as a player of Bayern, should never use. I spoke with Franck for a long time yesterday and I informed him that he would receive a large fine. He accepted this fine," Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said at the club's winter training camp in Doha, Qatar.
Salihamidzic did not divulge the amount of the fine.
On Thursday, Ribery posted a video on Twitter and Instagram of being served a golden rib-eye steak by Turkish star cook Nusret Gokce (aka 'Salt Bae') at the Nusr-Et steakhouse in Dubai, saying in English, "No better way to start the year than with a dash of salt and a visit to my Turkish brother."