No longer for France? Kurt Zouma faces further consequences after cat abuse
Kurt Zouma Didier Deschamps
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Will Kurt Zouma stop playing for France after his cat abuse? Coach Didier Deschamps announced possible consequences.
West Ham defender Kurt Zouma threatens after Scandal video in which he mistreats his cats has, now also the expulsion from the French national team. This was announced by coach Didier Deschamps himself.
“It’s something unacceptable, intolerable, an unspeakable cruelty. These images are shocking and unbearable,” said the Equipe Tricolore coach during the French Cup draw France 3 shocked by Zouma’s action.
Kurt Zouma faces jail time
“It can happen when players make mistakes that I don’t call them up for a while. That can happen here too,” Deschamps continued. This has already happened once Karim Benzema, who has not been considered for France for years had been.
But leaving the national team would not be the only consequence for Zouma. Next to one “maximum” fine from his employer West Ham United, outfitter adidas also ended the collaboration with the 27-year-old. In addition Zouma even faces a prison sentence.