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Wolves trio key to Shelvey ban
- Updated: December 23, 2016
Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey was accused of insulting Wolves counterpart Romain Saiss by using the word “Arab”, the Football Association has revealed.
The 24-year-old England international was this week banned for five games, fined £100,000 and ordered to attend a mandatory education course after an FA misconduct charge, which Shelvey denied, was found proven by an independent regulatory commission.
On Friday, the written reasons for the commission’s decision were released detailing the evidence presented by both sides at the hearing in Birmingham, with the contributions of Saiss’ team-mates Dominic Iorfa, Matt Doherty and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson crucial.
The document states: “The Commission has considered whether the three witnesses could have each misheard the use of the word ‘Arab’ by Mr …
