Will Kurt Zouma keep his place in the France team?
For the moment nothing filters on the side of Didier Deschamps, but the coach judged Wednesday "unacceptable and intolerable" the attitude of the player, including a video showing him hitting his cat caused a scandal.
“Unnamed Cruelty”
“I was very surprised by Kurt.
It is something that is inadmissible, intolerable and of course an unspeakable cruelty.
I'm sure he was aware of it but these images are shocking and unbearable,” said Deschamps, who was speaking on
France 3
following the Nice-Marseille Coupe de France match.
The coach therefore did not say whether he would continue to call on the West Ham defender for the next matches of the Blues.
“I am not a prosecutor.
I'm here to make selections based on different criteria.
It could have happened to me when players had made mistakes not to select them for a while, so I will not change my way of doing things for the next list, ”he explained.
Deschamps had notably stopped retaining Karim Benzema because of the attacker's involvement in the Mathieu Valbuena sextape affair, before calling him back.
France will play its next match, a friendly match, on March 25 in Marseille against Côte d'Ivoire.
Adidas ends its contract
The controversy escalated on Wednesday in England: nearly 200,000 people demanded legal action, Zouma's cats were taken away from him and Adidas broke its contract with him.
His club West Ham imposed the “heaviest possible” fine on him.
Such a sanction generally corresponds to a withdrawal of two weeks' salary, or around 300,000 euros in his case.
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Cats seized by the English SPA, 300,000 euros fine and end of contract with Adidas for Kurt Zouma
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Kurt Zouma in turmoil for hitting his cat
Kurt Zouma
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