Norwich defender Ryan Bennett has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association over comments he allegedly made on Twitter.

The English Premier League club on Tuesday night said the England Under-21 international had been the “subject of internal disciplinary procedures” in wake of the posts, which have now resulted in formal action from the governing body.

In a statement, the FA said: “Ryan Bennett has breached FA Rule E3 – use of abusive and/or insulting and/or threatening words in comments posted on a Twitter account.”

He’s been given until 4pm on Friday 26 April to respond to the charge.

Bennett, who joined Norwich from Peterborough last year, scored City’s opening goal in their 2-1 win over Reading on Saturday.

His Twitter page has been closed down.

Bennett is understood to have been involved in some heated exchanges with football supporters on the micro-blogging site, responding to one following Norwich’s defeat at Arsenal with “I’ll finish you in a couple of seconds.”

In his final posts before closing his account, the defender wrote: “Officially going to delete twitter! Seems you can’t say what you want on here…

“Being charged by FA, for replying to someone coming for me, that’s the reason so bye bye all.”