Four key players at Paris Saint-Germain PSG have been suspended for making offensive chants.
The suspended players are Ousmane Dembele, Achraf Hakimi, Layvin Kurzawa and Randal Kolo Muani
The players have been handed a one-match suspended sentence by the French league’s discipline commission for offensive chants aimed at bitter rival Marseille after a league match last month.
The four players allegedly shouted: “Marseillais, go f*ck your mothers” in video clips that have gone viral on social.
Dembele, Hakimi, Kurzawa and Muani have since all apologized for their actions.
PSG have also been ordered to close the famous Auteuil stand for at least one match as a result of homophobic chants directed towards Marseille fans.
The match at the Parc des Princes was also marred by homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players. As a result, the league ordered late Thursday the closure of the Auteuil stand for two matches, including one suspended.
The club, after pledging to “meet its partners on this vital issue” in late September, criticized the France FA’s decision.
“Paris Saint-Germain deplores that the disciplinary committee has decided to apply an extraordinary sanction against the club by pronouncing the closure of the Auteuil stand for two matches, one of which will be suspended.”