West Ham United are said to be bracing to deal with a wave of unhappy players demanding wage increases after the club’s punishment of Kurt Zouma had an unexpected consequence.
Zouma has been fined £250,000 by the Hammers and has had his cats taken away from him by the RSPCA after he was filmed kicking and slapping them.
The defender has been at the centre of a storm this week after The Sun got hold of footage, which was filmed by his brother, showing Zouma hurting his pets inside his house.