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Video: Dubai's Salt Bae's gold steak lands football star in trouble

Dubai - The footballer hit out at 'jealous' people with obscenity-laden tweets.

French soccer star, Franck Ribery, was slammed on social media for being ostentatious when he posted a video of himself enjoying a gold-coated steak at a  Dubai restaurant.
The video posted on Thursday shows Ribery preparing to tuck into the lavish cut, reported to cost more than $1,000, at the Nusr-Et steak restaurant owned by Turkish chef Salt Bae. After the video attracted flak on social media, an angry Ribery gave it back to the criticism with profanity.
Ribery posted a series angry foul-mouthed tweets which however earned him a "heavy fine" from his club Bayern Munich. The 35-year-old footballer wrote in obscenity-laden tweets hitting out at "jealous" people and said he owed nothing to the "haters".
Unhappy with Ribery's responses, Bayern Munich imposed an undisclosed fine for unacceptable language from a supposed role model. "I had a long talk with Franck and I let him know that we would impose a heavy fine on him and he accepted it," said the club's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic in a statement on the club's website. He further added, "He used words that we, FC Bayern, cannot accept and that

 

 

 

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We love you brother good luck 2019 @franckribery7 #saltbae #salt#saltlife
A post shared by Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et) on Jan 2, 2019 at 9:40pm PST

The gold steak in all its glory:

 

 

 

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24 Carat Golden steak 1.200 KG #saltbae #saltlife #salt
A post shared by Nusr_et#Saltbae (@nusr_et) on Jan 8, 2019 at 2:58am PST