West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus given huge ban for Tottenham tantrum

Phil HaighPublished Nov 7, 2024, 10:24am|Updated Nov 7, 2024, 10:25am

West Ham guardant Mohammed Kudus is facing a lengthy spell retired of enactment aft seeing his prohibition for a reddish paper against Tottenham extended to 5 matches.

The 24-year-old was initially shown a yellowish paper aft a meltdown against Spurs past month, which saw him footwear Micky van de Ven portion helium was connected the ground, past shove bot the Dutchman and Pape Sarr successful the look and rise his hands to Brennan Johnson.

It was singular that helium wasn’t initially shown a reddish paper but VAR stepped successful and helium was sent-off, with the Hammers going connected to suffer the crippled 4-1.

Kudus has already sat retired of the win implicit Manchester United and the decision to Nottingham Forest arsenic a result, but present faces different 3 games out.

He was initially banned for 3 games, but the Football Association person decided to widen his prohibition to 5 matches and deed him with a £60,000 fine.

That volition support the Ghana planetary retired for the remainder of the month, with Kudus suspended for location matches against Everton and Arsenal and a travel to Newcastle.

He volition beryllium capable to instrumentality astatine Leicester City connected 3 December.

A statment from the FA read: ‘West Ham United and Mohammed Kudus person been sanctioned successful narration to incidents during their Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur connected Saturday 19 October.

‘It was alleged that the nine failed to guarantee their players didn’t behave successful an improper and/or provocative and/or convulsive mode astir the 82nd minute. West Ham United admitted to this charge, and an autarkic Regulatory Commission subsequently fined the nine £30,000.

‘It was besides alleged that Mohammed Kudus acted successful an improper mode and/or utilized convulsive behaviour aft the offence that helium was sent disconnected for. The guardant admitted to this charge, and helium has been fixed a two-match suspension and £60,000 good by the Regulatory Commission.’

It is much atrocious quality for West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui, aft the nonaccomplishment astatine Forest near the Hammers 14th successful the Premier League table.

‘Hopefully we tin get everybody backmost unneurotic and regroup, helium said aft the 3-0 nonaccomplishment astatine the City Ground. ‘I deliberation that we request to person this benignant of situation against Everton astatine home. It’s going to beryllium hard but for definite it’s going to beryllium important for us.

‘We person to beryllium acceptable to hole for this lucifer this week and to deliberation that determination are a batch of points successful beforehand of us. But if we privation to execute bully things we person to vie better. We person to beryllium much consistent.

‘It’s not astir winning against Manchester United. It’s astir being capable to vie always.’

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