Jonjo Shelvey was involved in a row with a Swansea City fan on Sunday afternoon.
The shouting match commenced after the team had fallen to a 3-2 defeat against Oxford United, the club ranked three divisions below them knocking the Premier League outfit out of the FA Cup in the weekend's big giant-killing.
The XI fielded by Alan Curtis were mainly squad and youth team players, and so Shelvey's involvement showed his fall from grace as specualtion continues to build surrounding his future in South Wales.
Angry fan unhappy with Shelvey
As the former Liverpool man walked over to the away end following the full time whistle to applaud the travelling fans, he was met by abuse from one supporter.
Shelvey shouted back at the fan, and even gestured towards him, before making his way back inside to the changing rooms.
Whilst the cameras caught the action, the manager, however, did not see what happened, telling the media, via the Daily Mail, that he saw Shelvey "go over to the fans" but he "thought everything was okay," adding that he "genuinely did not see" anyone "[have] at go at him."
"I heard the crowd sing his name a few times during the game," Curtis continued, again reiterating that he "did not see" what everyone is talking about, whilst he hasn't "had a chance to speak to [Shelvey]" either, because "he went for a drugs test" immediately after the game.
Disappointing displays add to transfer speculation
Curtis didn't just speak after the game about the incident that he missed, however, but also about Shelvey's performance.
There are rumours circulating that Newcastle United are to launch a bid for the England midfielder this month as he struggles to get into the Swansea team, but that's his own doing, with him failing to cover himself in glory when given a chance to.
"His performance was a bit like the team," the manager explained, as "he started poorly and got better." However, Curtis "expect[s] more" from the player, as do the rest of the team, because they "know the ability he has got."
"If he does not play at those standards, everyone starts to point fingers," he continued, before adding that Shelvey himself is also "disappointed" on a personal level with his recent form, and it is down to the club to help him "work on" that.
