BREAKING: Marc Guehi breaks silence to explain decision to write on Rainbow armband

Crystal Palace prima Marc Guehi wrote 'I emotion Jesus' and 'Jesus loves you' connected his Rainbow captain's armband for the games against Newcastle and Ipswich Town, with the FA taking nary action

Crystal Palace prima Marc Guehi has explained his determination to constitute a spiritual connection connected the Rainbow armband helium worse against Newcastle and Ipswich.

Saturday's gully with the Magpies was Palace's dedicated Rainbow Laces game, with Guehi penning the connection 'I emotion Jesus' successful achromatic ink implicit the apical of the armband. He past wrote 'Jesus loves you' implicit the armband helium worse successful the triumph implicit Ipswich connected Tuesday.

Mirror Football revealed connected Tuesday day that the FA contacted Palace and Guehi to 'formally remind' them the quality on, oregon incorporation in, immoderate point of clothing, shot boots oregon different instrumentality of immoderate spiritual connection is prohibited arsenic stated successful Rule A4 of the kit and advertizing regulations.

Despite that warning, Guehi repeated his determination to constitute connected the armband aboriginal connected Tuesday for the travel to Portman Road. The England planetary has present outlined his motivation.

Guehi told Sky Sports News: "I deliberation the connection was beauteous wide to beryllium honest. It was a connection of love, of information arsenic well. And a connection of inclusivity. So it speaks for itself."