Neil Lennon says he had a chuckle with Victor Wanyama after he was sent off on his Dunfermline debut.
The Kenyan signed for the East End Park side shortly after Lennon was appointed as boss.
He made his hotly anticipated debut in a Championship clash away at Ayr United, but was sent off for deliberately handling the ball and in the process, denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.
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"We had a chuckle about it," Lennon told The Courier.
"I was going to say, we’ve all done that, but I never did that!"
Wanyama's short-term deal with Dunfermline expired at the end of last season. Lennon, however, would ideally like to sign him up long-term.
"Possibly, yeah, possibly," said the manager when asked whether Wanyama could put pen to paper once more.
"I don’t know yet. Once he got fit, he looked great and he played really well in the last game [vs Morton].
"If he had a good pre-season, he could be a real asset for us."
The 33-year-old was recently called up to play for his country in a friendly double-header against Chad.
Wanyama requested to be excused from international duty: "He’s doing his coaching barges," explained Lennon.
"He’s actually doing them in Belfast, I think, with the IFA.
"That’s another one he wants to add to his resume, the coaching side of things as well.
"So maybe there might be something there for him going forward."
