Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli will not play again this season after he was given a three-game ban for violent conduct by the Football Association on Thursday.
LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli will not play
again this season after he was given a three-game ban for violent
conduct by the Football Association on Thursday (Apr 28).
The 20-year-old, elected England's Young Player of the Year
last weekend, was retrospectively punished after punching Claudio Yacob
in the stomach during Spurs' 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion on
Monday.
He will therefore miss Spurs' final three Premier League
games against Chelsea, Southampton and Newcastle United, in which
Mauricio Pochettino's side will look to keep their flickering title
hopes alive.
"Dele Alli will serve a three-match suspension with
immediate effect after he committed an act of violent conduct which was
not seen by the match officials but caught on video," the FA said in a
statement.
"The player accepted the FA's charge, but contested that the
automatic penalty of a three-match suspension would be 'clearly
excessive'. This claim, however, was rejected following an Independent
Regulatory Commission hearing today (Thursday)."
Alli, signed from third-tier Milton Keynes Dons last year,
has been one of the stars of the season, scoring 10 league goals, and is
expected to be selected in Roy Hodgson's England squad for Euro 2016.
He reacted on Twitter by writing: "Gutted that my season is over.
Shouldn't have reacted like I did. Will learn from this and come back
stronger."
Spurs' draw against West Brom left them seven points adrift
of leaders Leicester City, who can clinch the title by winning at
Manchester United on Sunday.
- AFP/de
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