
The former goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has moved to clarify his comments after suggesting a video of West Ham player Kurt Zouma kicking and slapping a cat was “worse” than racism.
Zouma has been on the receiving end of a fierce backlash after a disturbing video emerged of the France international abusing the animal and although the 27-year-old has apologised for the incident, there was further shock after he was then selected by West Ham to play in their match against Watford on Tuesday night.