Former Southampton forward Charlie Austin took to Twitter over the weekend to launch an attack on his previous club.
Austin left Southampton last summer to join West Brom on a permanent deal and has now hit out at the club’s fanbase for their support at St. Mary’s.
As reported by the Daily Echo, Austin Tweeted saying that Southampton’s fans only sing when the team scores and never when the players actually need it. However, Austin later deleted the Tweet following backlash from some Saints supporters on the social media platform.
Austin spent three-and-a-half-years at Southampton after joining the club from QPR in January 2016. He went on to score 16 goals in his four Premier League seasons, starting 33 games in that time. This season, at West Brom, Austin has scored eight goals in 25 Championship matches.
These Southampton fans reacted to Austin’s comments on the atmosphere at St. Mary’s…
Twitter: If Ings gets just 1 more, he’ll have as many PL goals this season as Austin managed in over 3 seasons at #saintsfc.… https://t.co/26lhR4vexW (@lucyhighnett)
Twitter: This tells you everything you need to know about why Ralph was so keen to get Austin out of the club. #saintsfc (@Saintmike_sfc)
Twitter: Charlie Austin got his fishing rod out again I see. Don’t rise to it #SaintsFC fans 👍 (@sridout92)
Twitter: Austin rattles our fanbase so easily; and to be fair, I’m not surprised – his comments are out of order #SaintsFC (@EthanEvansSJ)
Twitter: Why is Charlie Austin still even a thing… all those biting are giving him what he wants…. publicity!!! He’s a… https://t.co/y2OblF04vz (@JusticeCraig)
Twitter: Charlie Austin, one would assume, is now done at #saintsfc after a frankly wonderfully budgetTwitter spat with saints fans. (@Dirtyh)
