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Alan Smith

Idrissa Gueye row rumbles on after support for 'boycotting' anti-homophobia fixture

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira plans to speak with Cheikou Kouyate after the midfielder publicly supported Idrissa Gueye for allegedly refusing to wear a kit displaying rainbow colours last week.

The Paris Saint-Germain player, an international team-mate of Kouyate with Senegal, did not feature in last Saturday's 4-0 win away to Montpellier when his team-mates wore a kit showing solidarity for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.

PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino, who wore a rainbow armband in the dugout, said Gueye was absent due to "personal reasons" but it has since been widely reported in the French media that Gueye, a devout Muslim, did not want to wear the shirt.

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