Giovanni Trapattoni, the Republic of Ireland manager, has warned James McClean that he is lucky to still have an international career following his foul-mouthed Twitter rant.McClean was left on the bench as the Republic stole a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan and described his personal experience in Astana as a "f******g joke".
Trapattoni hauled the player in front of the squad for a public dressing down in London yesterday and retained the player for tonight's friendly against Oman only after he made a grovelling apology.
"Another manager, English or German, would have said 'take your bag and go home', but I might need him," said Trapattoni.
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