I've just got to ask this question to everyone out there … is what he's done worse than what the people have done who have been convicted for racism?’ 'But people are now calling for people to be sacked, to lose their livelihood. They got punished, they got an eight-game ban or something like that. 'But there's people that have been convicted, been caught for racism and have played football afterwards. Reflecting the mood among West Ham’s players, striker Antonio said: ‘I'm not condoning a thing that he's done – I don't agree with a thing that he's done at all. On Wednesday, Kirkland doubled down on his comments claiming the Zouma incident was worse than racism, a stance which has left the ex-Liverpool stopper with his own backlash to handle with his view having not gone down well with many within the game. It is believed some West Ham players feel frustrated by the backlash Zouma has received West Ham’s players believe the fierce clamour for Zouma to face huge punishment and the severity that some are calling for is out of proportion.Īnd some of David Moyes' stars have expressed frustration at the huge backlash this incident has generated in relation to other incidents.Įarlier this week former goalkeeper Chris Kirkland demanded Zouma be sacked by West Ham, saying he would not play with the defender and that he expected his career in England was over. The pressure on West Ham to make Zouma unavailable for selection intensified on Thursday after Dagenham & Redbridge suspended the defender’s brother Yoan, who filmed his sibling abusing the cat before uploading the footage on social media, pending the RSCPA’s investigation.īehind the scenes, however, the Frenchman’s colleagues have rallied around the defender in light of the vilification of him that has followed the emergence of the video. Ukraine international Andriy Yarmolenko also pockets a similar wage to team-mate Antonioīut a clutch of players who are deemed just as important as Zouma, including the likes of Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek, Pablo Fornals and Vladimir Coufal earn significantly less.
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