Footballer Franck Ribéry has been fined by his club after he posted a foul-mouthed rant online this week.

The French footballer, who plays for Bayern Munich FC initially caused controversy when he posted a video of himself enjoying a gold-flaked Tomahawk steak at Salt Bae’s Dubai restaurant Nusr-Et.

Angered netizens labelled the video extravagant and he hit back, cursing at his haters, telling them they weren’t even pebbles in his shoes.

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The rant

“I achieved my success thanks to god, and my efforts and those close to me who believed in me, as for the others, you’re not even pebbles in my socks”. (The rest is NSFW)

Ribéry has been slapped with a hefty fine from Bayern Munich FC

The exact sum hasn’t been revealed, but the club’s director stated it’s a ‘heavy’ fine.

The club stated Ribéry used language inappropriate for a player and as a role model.

The video that caused the fuss has over 12million views in just four days

Bayern FC confirmed the fine

“As part of an advertising campaign, Ribéry had been invited to try a steak in a restaurant during his holiday in Dubai. Afterwards, it was falsely claimed that he had paid 1,200 euros for the steak, whereupon he and his family were “savagely attacked” on social media. Ribéry then publicly “stood up for his family and fought back”, but in a manner not approved of by FC Bayern.”

Franck Ribéry fined by #FCBayern for his choice of words on social platforms.https://t.co/Urcr6hfMom

— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) January 6, 2019

Despite the drama, Ribéry is already back on the pitch with Bayern

He posted the following images and told his fans not to worry, and that he’s back to serious business.

‘Don’t worry, I’m fine …and now back to serious business, we have a lot of work to do ???????? great atmosphere in the team here in Doha, that’s how it should be’