CONDEMNING KURT
FRANCE manager Didier Deschamps has slammed defender Kurt Zouma after the emergence of a video showing him abusing his cat.
The 27-year-old Frenchman, who has been capped 11 times by the national team, has received widespread criticism for the sickening clip filmed by his brother.
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And Deschamps is just the latest individual in football to condemn Zouma's actions.
He said: “I was very surprised by Kurt. This is something that is inadmissible, intolerable and cruelty without a name.
"I’m sure he became aware of it but these images are shocking and unbearable."
Despite the emergence of the video earlier this week, West Ham boss David Moyes still selected the centre-back to start the Hammers' clash against Watford on Tuesday.
This received a huge amount of backlash as people called for the defender to be punished.
Since then, he has had his cats removed by the RSPCA and been fined £250,000 by the club - which will be donated to animal welfare charities.
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Sponsor Adidas have also cancelled his contract worth £100,000 a year.
Yet despite his scathing review of the video, Deschamps refused to be drawn on whether he will name Zouma in future France squads.
“I’m not a prosecutor. I am here to make selections on different criteria," he continued.
"It could have happened to me when players could have made mistakes not to select them for a while, so I will not change my way of doing things for the next list."
Zouma was selected by Deschamps as part of his 26-man squad for Euro 2020.
However, he did not feature in the competition before the world champions were dumped out by Switzerland in the last 16.
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