West Ham star Arthur Masuaku handed six-game ban for spitting as club hit player with £50k fine

Vaishali Bhardwaj29 January 2018

West Ham defender Arthur Masuaku has been banned for six games by the Football Association following his red card against Wigan for spitting.

Masuaku was shown a straight red card during West Ham's FA Cup fourth-round tie with the Latics on Saturday, which they lost 2-0, after he was caught spitting at Nick Powell.

Hammers manager David Moyes later described Masuaku's actions as "despicable" while the 24-year-old admitted it was "totally unacceptable".

While West Ham are set to fine the defender two weeks' wages of around £50,000, the FA have now issued the player with a standard six-match suspension for spitting.

The ban means Masuaku will miss West Ham's home game against Crystal Palace on Tuesday, and further matches against Brighton (away), Watford (home), Liverpool (away), Swansea (away) and Burnley (home).

Masukau took to Twitter on Sunday evening to apologise to Moyes and the West Ham fans for letting them down, saying: "I want to say sorry for my actions yesterday - I let down my team-mates, the manager, coaches, board and the fans.

"I am very sad because the manager and coaches have put a lot of faith in me but I will work very hard to try and win that back.

"It was in the heat of the moment and out of character for me but I know it was totally unacceptable and I will learn from the first red card of my career."

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