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Wes Hoolahan faces being fined by Norwich after launching a foul-mouthed attack on the club.

The Republic of Ireland midfielder had a transfer request rejected by the Canaries after they had earlier turned down a fresh, albeit identical, £1million bid for the player by their ex-boss Paul Lambert and Aston Villa.

A television crew at the club’s Colney training ground then jokingly asked Hoolahan: “Are you going to be clearing your locker out?”

But they and other watching journalists were shocked when the 31-year-old replied: “I hope so. This is a f***ing s***house club.”

Manager Chris Hughton said : “I’m not aware of that, so it’s something I will have to investigate.

"I will decide later whether or not he will be in the squad for Saturday’s game at Cardiff. This is an unsettling time for players in his situation. But it’s not the first time we have had to deal with an unsettled player and it won’t be the last.

“Whether or not a player leaves depends on if the club wants to keep him, and at the moment Wes Hoolahan is very much a Norwich player.”

Robert Snodgrass, meanwhile, has confirmed he will definitely be staying at Carrow Road after making a heartfelt apology to supporters.

Scotland winger Snodgrass, who swore angrily at fans after they jeered him during the midweek draw with Newcastle, said : “My reaction was wrong but it was just the heat of the moment.

“I wear my heart on my sleeve and it probably looked as if I was having a go. But I’m very passionate and I was not angry with them, I was just angry with myself and the team.

“I went straight over to apologise to them at the end of the game and they started chanting my name and cheering me. So now hopefully we can all just draw a line under what happened and move on.”