Kurt Zouma taunted with inflatable cats by Newcastle fans who mock him with new song as he starts for West Ham
NEWCASTLE fans held up inflatable cats to taunt defender shamed Kurt Zouma as he returned to the West Ham starting line-up.
The Frenchman was filmed kicking and slapping his cat in a sickening video shared online.
The incident was filmed by his brother Yoan and Zouma's cats were taken away by the RSPCA.
Zouma was also slapped with the maximum fine of £250,000 by his club.
And the travelling Magpies let Zouma know how they felt about the incident by booing him every time he touched the ball.
The away fans also chanted: "Heyyyyyy, Hey Zouma, Oooh, Aahh, I wanna knowww, how you kicked that cat."
West Ham boss David Moyes believes the defender is 'really disappointed' with his actions.
Ahead of today's game, Moyes said: "I think he's probably really disappointed about what he's done and he's thinking about it a lot, no doubt, but overall we have tried to get him to move on.
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"We want him to concentrate on his training. He played very well for us against Watford the other week there, so we're hoping that we can keep him at those levels of performance - we'll be pleased with that.
"He's really well-liked here amongst the supporters, the performances he's put in throughout the season already, so hopefully he can focus on his football and we'll give him as much support as we can until we get him right back to his best."
The Hammers are in desperate need of a win to keep their top four hopes alive.
A win will take West Ham temporarily up to fourth in the league, one point above Manchester United.
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