Strasbourg suspends striker Emmanuel Emegha for one game

Strasbourg suspended striker Emmanuel Emegha for one meeting on Wednesday for not respecting the values expectations and rules of the Ligue club Strasbourg stated the decision in a announcement without giving further details but disclosed that Emegha will return for the following challenge This decision was made following the participant s newest non-respect breach of the club s values expectations and rules the report read Emmanuel remains an central member of our company who has invariably given his all for the club on the pitch He will be reinstated to the squad after this match Strasbourg travels to play Toulouse in the French league on Saturday and then goes to Scotland to face Aberdeen in the Europa Conference League on Dec French sports daily L Equipe announced the decision was taken after latest comments to the media by Emegha who is the club captain In a post-match interview last month after scoring twice in a - win against Lille he implied Strasbourg had not beaten Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain this season because he didn t play in those games In another interview with a Dutch media outlet the Netherlands striker reportedly announced he thought Strasbourg was in Germany when he was set to join the club two years ago The -year-old Emegha impressed last season with league goals as Alsace-based Strasbourg finished seventh He has four league goals in seven games so far this season and three goals in European competition Strasbourg reached the Europa Conference League after beating Danish side Br ndby in a playoff with Emegha scoring twice in the second leg In September Strasbourg coach Liam Rosenior hit out at fans who displayed a banner criticizing Emegha and urging him to return the captain s armband because of his move next season to Premier League Chelsea Strasbourg has been owned by Chelsea s ownership group BlueCo since A banner in the crowd during a home encounter against Le Havre read Emegha pawn of BlueCo After changing shirts give your armband back Emegha had posted a video on Instagram of him flying to London and signing with Chelsea which reportedly upset Strasbourg fans A section of Strasbourg s home fans have been hostile to BlueCo ever since they arrived The partnership between the two clubs was used several times this summer majority notably when Chelsea sold England left back Ben Chilwell to Strasbourg on a two-year deal AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source