(Reuters) – West Ham United’s Kurt Zouma pulled out of Sunday’s Premier League conflict at Leicester City during the nice and cozy-up after he had been named within the beginning lineup, with Issa Diop coming in as a late substitute, the membership mentioned.
The centre again was named within the squad regardless of an outcry over a video on social media this week the place Zouma was seen abusing his pet cats. Zouma later apologised for his actions.
Manager David Moyes, who additionally picked the Frenchman towards Watford following the incident, mentioned earlier this week that he was disillusioned with the participant however insisted that his job was to select the very best group.
“He is out there to play,” Moyes mentioned on Friday. “There are totally different views whether or not he ought to be obtainable. We determined he ought to. I stand by that.”
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
