Marseille have suspended Patrice Evra after he kicked a fan in the head before his side’s Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Footage showed the 36-year-old former Manchester United defender aiming an acrobatic kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during the warm-up.<\/p>\n
Evra will be interviewed before any disciplinary action is decided.<\/p>\n
A Marseille statement also condemned the “unacceptable behaviour” by a “handful of provocateurs”.<\/p>\n
European football’s governing body Uefa charged France international Evra with violent conduct earlier on Friday, with the full-back suspended for “at least one game”.<\/p>\n
French newspaper L’Equipe reported that Marseille supporters had been jeering Evra for about half an hour while the players prepared for the game, which the Ligue 1 side lost 1-0.<\/p>\n
The player had gone over to the fans to talk to them – but the situation escalated.<\/p>\n
Evra, who was named as a substitute, was dismissed before kick-off, and Marseille began the game with 11 players.<\/p>\n
“As a professional and experienced player, Patrice Evra could not respond in such an inappropriate way,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
“In addition, the first results of the internal investigation conducted by the club reveal unacceptable behaviour on the part of a handful of provocateurs who uttered particularly serious hateful attacks against the player, even though the latter and his team-mates warmed up for an important game.”<\/p>\n
His former Manchester United team-mate, Mikael Silvestre, told BBC Sport that Evra had “no future” at Marseille, but that the incident would not be the end of his career.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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