Fulham’s striker Aleksandar Mitrovic may not play again this season with the Football Association planning to appeal against his eight-match ban for shoving and abusing the referee Chris Kavanagh.
Mitrovic was handed the punishment on Tuesday by an independent commission, which also fined the forward £75,000 for his behaviour during Fulham’s FA Cup defeat at Manchester United last month. Fulham’s manager, Marco Silva, who was also sent off by Kavanagh during an extraordinary spell of three red cards in 40 seconds, received a two-game touchline ban and fines totalling £40,000.