Michail Antonio has questioned the response to Kurt Zouma’s cat-attack video and asks if what his West Ham teammate has accomplished is worse than a participant who has been discovered responsible of racism.
Zouma has been fined £250,000 by West Ham whereas his two pet cats have been seized by the RSPCA following the sickening video which was initially posted on Snapchat by his brother Yoan.
The French defender has additionally misplaced out on his profitable private sponsorship with Adidas, who terminated its take care of the 27-year-old on Wednesday.
David Moyes controversially opted to play Zouma in West Ham’s 1-0 victory over Watford on Tuesday night and the Hammers have confronted calls to sack the participant in response to the incident.
However Antonio has identified that there are gamers who've been discovered responsible of racism however have been in a position to proceed their careers in soccer.
When requested for his opinion on Zouma’s actions, Antonio advised Sky Sports activities on Thursday morning: ‘I’ve acquired a query for you. So… do you assume what he’s accomplished is worse than racism?
‘I’m not condoning a factor that he’s accomplished. I don’t agree with what he has accomplished, in any respect.
‘However there are individuals which have been convicted and been caught for racism, and have performed soccer afterwards.
‘They acquired punished, they acquired an eight-game punishment or one thing like that, however individuals are actually calling for individuals to be sacked and for them to lose their livelihood.
‘I’ve simply acquired to ask this query to everybody on the market… is what he’s accomplished worse than what the individuals have accomplished who've been convicted of racism?’
In a press release launched on Wednesday, West Ham claimed that Zouma is ‘extraordinarily remorseful’ and is ‘co-operating totally’ with the RSPCA’s investigation.
‘West Ham United can verify that the membership is supporting an RSPCA investigation into the actions of Kurt Zouma within the video circulated on-line this week,’ the assertion learn.
‘Kurt and the membership are co-operating totally with the investigation and the participant has willingly complied with the steps taken within the preliminary stage of the method, together with delivering his household’s two cats to the RSPCA for evaluation. Kurt is extraordinarily remorseful and, like everybody on the membership, totally understands the depth of feeling surrounding the incident and the necessity for motion to be taken.
‘Separate to the RSPCA’s investigation and pending additional sanction as soon as the result of that course of is set, West Ham United can verify that Kurt Zouma has been fined the utmost quantity doable following his actions within the video that circulated. The participant has instantly accepted the nice, which each he and the membership agreed will be donated to animal welfare charities.
‘West Ham United want to reiterate our condemnation of Kurt’s actions and make it clear that the matter continues to be dealt with with the utmost seriousness. Nonetheless, we imagine it's now vital to permit the RSPCA to conduct their investigation in a good and thorough method, and can be making no additional remark at this stage.’
An announcement from the RSPCA learn: ‘The 2 cats are actually in RSPCA care. Our precedence is and has at all times been the well-being of those cats.
‘They’ve been taken for a check-up at a vets after which will stay in our care whereas the investigation continues.
‘We’re grateful to everybody who expressed their concern for these cats. We have been coping with this difficulty earlier than the video went viral on-line and are main the investigation.
‘We proceed to research so we can't remark additional right now.’
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