Premier League: Remi Garde discussed Twitter blunder with Lescott

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February 25th, 2016
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Aston Villa boss Remi Garde has revealed that he had a discussion with Joleon Lescott about his behaviour on social media. The experienced defender sparked the fury of the club fans as he tweeted a picture of an expensive Mercedes car minutes after his team was thrashed 6-0 by Liverpool. The player later apologised for his mistake and said it was an accident. The result against Liverpool was the worst home defeat for Aston Villa in 81 years.

Remi Garde said: "Of course I had a discussion. He told me the same thing that he said to the press. He told me it was an accident. I have no reason not to believe Joleon. We were together speaking face to face. I believe what he said. I just said to him that I was not expecting from an experienced players, senior player, such an accident. It was not really helpful for the team. If it's like an accident then you cannot say any more. Many years ago if you imagine the same situation 20 years ago, before social media, only two or three people involved in this situation. Now it is two or three million people. Saying that, social media is fully part of life now, especially in the young population. As a manager, as a club we have to educate them to be careful about the way they use it."

The manager added that the club won't even try to ban their players for social media. "I think it is a freedom for everybody. It would be very difficult to create a law for that and I'm not sure it would work," he said. "I think in life in general we have to educate people to a lot of stuff, especially on social media, and that's all people are trying to do with all of this kind of stuff." Aston Villa are last in the Premier League table, eight points away from safety.

Aston Villa are 1/100 at Bet365 to get relegated from the Premier League this season.

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