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Cat-kicker Kurt Zouma recovers from the stomach bug that ruled him out of West Ham’s draw at Leicester… and is likely to be in contention to face Newcastle this weekend
- Kurt Zouma was in the West Ham starting line-up for Sunday’s draw at Leicester
- The Frenchman came in for criticism after a video showed him kicking his cat
- Zouma withdrew from the squad on Sunday due to a pre-match stomach bug
- The defender has now recovered and is in line to play Newcastle this weekend
Kurt Zouma has recovered from the stomach bug that ruled him out of Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Leicester.
The central-defender, who was at the centre of controversy last week after images emerged of him kicking a cat, withdrew from the starting XI to face Brendan Rodgers’ side during the warm-up – but he is understood to have returned to training and is likely to be in contention to face Newcastle on Saturday.
Zouma was fined two weeks wages and lost his Adidas sponsorship deal as a result of the controversy. However, the sportswear giants have found themselves under intense social media criticism in recent days for their to decision dump Zouma, to the point where Boycott Adidas was trending on Twitter last week.
Kurt Zouma has recovered from the illness that ruled him out of West Ham’s draw at Leicester
Zouma reported he was unwell in the warm-up before he was replacing the Hammers team
There is a concern that the decision to remove Zouma from their roster has racial undertones, particularly given Adidas stuck with Luis Suarez after he racially abused Patrice Evra and bit Giorgio Chiellini.
The defender heard his name booed loudly about 30 minutes before the game started – when…
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Source : dailymail
