"Whatever his PR man is telling him.." Sheffield Wednesday boss Tony Pulis slams Moses Odubajo after 'high-five' controversy
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The Welshman slammed the 27-year-old and appeared not to accept his explanation for the footage after Odubajo tweeted to protest his innocence, claiming he was amused at the thought the Forest goal would stand after a perceived foul in the goal’s build-up.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s welcoming of Coventry on Saturday, a fuming Pulis said: “I haven’t talked to him yet.
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Hide Ad“I wasn’t in a mood, really, to speak to him yesterday because I don’t want to catch him when I’m boiling a little bit.”
Minutes after the final whistle of Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat, Odubajo posted “there’s no chance I would celebrate a goal that keeps us at the bottom,” and “out of context, videos can be misconstrued. I hope I’ve cleared it up with the fans who doubted my commitment to the team.”
Pulis appeared to hit back at these posts, saying Odubajo should ‘hold his hands up’ and suggesting the posts had been the work of a ‘PR man’.
The 62-year-old said: “I’ve seen what he’s put on Instagram or whatever they call those social media things, I’ve been made aware of his reasons and I’ll deal with him in a way that, well, I don’t think he’ll be doing it again.
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Hide Ad“We’re in an era of soft-peddling at times in terms of being very careful and cautious of what we say about people and individuals.
“But there are certain occasions where people do have to hold their hands up and accept the consequences of their actions. For me, he’s got to hold his hands up and say what he did was absolutely, absolutely wrong. Completely and utterly wrong.
“For all the stuff his PR man might be telling him to do, whatever he posts out there or whatever they call it, the facts are there for everybody to see. What he did was wrong.”