Stoke's McClean hits out at reports he is being investigated by the FA
Stoke winger James McClean has hit out at reports he is to be investigated by the Football Association after delivering a withering response to fans who abused him for not wearing a poppy.
McClean described his critics as "uneducated cavemen" in an Instagram post after an angry confrontation as he left the pitch following Saturday's 0-0 Sky Bet Championship draw with Middlesbrough.
Responding to suggestions the FA is to look into his conduct, he posted another message on Monday saying: "The FA are investigating me after Saturday's event - for what, exactly?
"Yet week in, week out for the past seven years, I get constant sectarian abuse, death threats, objects being thrown, chanting which is heard loud and clear every week which my family, wife and kids have to listen to, they turn a blind eye and not a single word or condemnation of any sort."