West Ham United’s Michail Antonio questioned the logic of individuals asking for teammate Kurt Zouma to be “sacked” after a video emerged of Zouma abusing his cats, with the striker asking if what the Frenchman did was worse than these responsible of racism.
Animal charity the RSPCA have taken Zouma’s cats into their care whereas West Ham’s sponsor Vitality has suspended its partnership with the membership over its dealing with of the matter. Adidas have dropped their sponsorship of Zouma. Jamaican striker Antonio mentioned he didn’t condone Zouma’s actions, however he requested why these responsible of racism have gotten a second probability to proceed their careers after serving a ban whereas Zouma ought to lose his job.
“I’ve got a question for you. Do you think what he’s done is worse than racism? I’m not condoning a thing that he’s done, I don’t agree with what he has done at all,” Antonio informed a Sky Sports reporter.”But there’s individuals which were convicted, been caught for racism and have performed soccer afterwards .
They received an eight-game punishment or one thing like that, however individuals are actually calling for individuals to be sacked and to lose their livelihood.”I’ve just got to ask this question to everyone out there: Is what he has done worse than what the people convicted of racism (have) done?”Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned for eight matches and fined 40,000 kilos ($54,000) for racially abusing former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra in 2011.
West Ham mentioned Zouma was fined the “maximum amount possible”, with British media reporting the fantastic was two weeks’ wages. The 27-year-old, who apologised, has accepted the fantastic which can be donated to animal welfare charities. Calls for Zouma to be sacked grew after West Ham supervisor David Moyes chosen him for Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Watford, whereas an internet petition to have him prosecuted has been signed by over 272,000 individuals.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
