It’s a story that will pursue him for a long time, even if Saturday’s episode made us laugh more than anything else. We thus learn that Kurt Zouma, in the eye of the storm since the publication by The Sun of a shameful video where the West Ham defender “has fun” abusing his cat, was chambered throughout the first half in the draw between the Hammers and Newcastle (1-1).
According to Zouma’s teammate Graig Danson, who complained to the referee on returning to the locker room, Magpies striker Chris Wood spent his time trying to destabilize the French international defender by whispering “Meow, Meow in his ear on each duel, while his own public continued to boo him vigorously with each ball take. A heavy context that did not prevent Zouma from having a decent match. But the former Stéphanois, who has been trying as best he can to make amends since the release of the video, has not left the inn.