McLeish slams absent duo
02 Jul 2008 - 14:11:36
Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has expressed his annoyance after Olivier Kapo and Franck Queudrue missed the first day of pre-season training.
Both players look set to be fined even though Queudrue insists he did not think he was due back at St Andrew's until next Monday.
A furious McLeish said: "It's been reported Franck said he didn't know the date to return to training but all the players were told the date and they turned up. He'll have to explain that one.
"Olivier Kapo has indicated he was staying over in France to have an operation on his hand but we don't know much more than that.
"We pay handsome wages to the players and they should be reporting to our medical team first and foremost if there's a problem of any kind.
"The bottom line is both should have been back here on the day that training was organised and I now have to deal with the situation."