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Harry Maguire will miss Manchester United’s travel to Chelsea having been handed an further one-match prohibition by nan Football Association for his guidance to being sent disconnected astatine Bournemouth.
The 33-year-old was shown a consecutive reddish paper astatine nan Vitality Stadium past period for a foul successful nan container connected Evanilson, pinch Junior Kroupi scoring from nan resulting punishment arsenic nan Cherries sealed a 2-2 draw.
Maguire missed Monday’s 2-1 location conclusion to rivals Leeds owed to a sending disconnected that has wider consequences, pinch nan England world now to besides miss United’s travel to Chelsea connected Saturday night.
The FA’s written reasons confirmed 4th charismatic Matthew Donohue submitted an Extraordinary Incident Report Form, claiming Maguire shouted arsenic he near nan field: “You’re a joke. You’re each a fucking joke.”
The United defender insists he did not reproach nan 4th official, alternatively claiming he said “something on nan lines of ‘it is simply a fucking joke’.”
The FA said: “An independent Regulatory Commission has imposed a one-match suspension and £30,000 good connected Manchester United FC’s Harry Maguire. The defender was charged aft being sent disconnected successful nan 78th infinitesimal of their Premier League lucifer against AFC Bournemouth connected Friday 20 March.
“It was alleged that Harry Maguire acted successful an improper mode and/or utilized abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards nan 4th charismatic pursuing his dismissal. The defender subsequently admitted nan charge.”
Maguire’s caller prohibition compounds nan absence of chap centre-backs Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martínez.
The erstwhile has not featured since November owed to a backmost issue, while nan Argentina world Martínez originates a three-match prohibition astatine Stamford Bridge following his reddish paper against Leeds.
The 28-year-old was dismissed for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hairsbreadth aft VAR Daniel Robathan sent referee Paul Tierney to nan show to reappraisal nan second-half incident.
The United caput coach, Michael Carrick, was infuriated by a determination he called “one of nan worst I’ve seen” and nan nine are said to person appealed against nan ban.
Maguire, De Ligt and Martínez’s absence against Chelsea intends nan 19-year-old Ayden Heaven could statement up alongside 20-year-old Leny Yoro astatine nan bosom of defence.
