Cairney shared a photo of his smashed windscreen on Instagram. Writing on his story, he initially blamed Carlos Vinicius before jokingly moaning that Fulham’s strikers ‘can’t shoot’.

“I wish our strikers could shoot,” the 32-year-old wrote alongside an angry-swearing emoji. “How’s that possible again? @CarlosVinicius95 F*** you!”

He soon apologised to former Tottenham loanee Vinicius for getting the wrong team-mate. In a further story with another picture of his car, Cairney added: “Apologies @CarlosVinicius95 it was the other Brazilian, @rodrigomuniz019!”

Pictures show that the entire window in front of the driver’s seat is shattered. It seems that a wayward Muniz shot struck the vehicle, which was situated in the players’ car park.

But, remarkably, it is not the first time that it has happened to Cairney. In August 2022, former Fulham striker Mitrovic revealed he smashed the windscreen of Cairney’s car.

The Serb, who signed for Al-Hilal in the summer, said: “It’s true I broke Tom’s window but it was not on purpose. His car was behind the goal when we were finishing in training.

“I mishit a shot, the ball went over the fence and it was so hot that day and it hit the windscreen and broke it.”

Mitrovic had sent a picture of him grinning alongside Cairney’s smashed window. Cairney posted the snap alongside the caption: “He sent this into the group chat. Looks like he feels really guilty, don’t you think?”

Muniz eventually responded to Cairney’s Instagram post with a further plot twist. The 22-year-old claims the ball hit a pole which diverted it towards his team-mate’s car.