ARTHUR MASUAKU has been banned for six games for spitting at Wigan’s Nick Powell.
The West Ham defender was sent off during the Hammers’ shock 2-0 FA Cup defeat to Wigan on Saturday.
SunSport revealed how the disgraced Frenchman copped a massive dressing down from West Ham gaffer David Moyes after the game.
Masuaku was ordered in for training and then hauled in to see the manager to ram home the full impact of his crime.
The club will not contest the FA charge against the left-back.
Masuaku apologised for the second-half incident by tweeting: “I want to say sorry for my actions yesterday — I let down my team-mates, the manager, coaches, board and the fans.
“I am very sad because the managers and coaches have put a lot of faith in me but I will work very hard to try and win that back. It was in the heat of the moment and out of character for me but I know it was totally unacceptable and I will learn from the first red card of my career.”
Masuaku, 24, had forced his way into the team on a regular basis as wing-back since Moyes replaced Slaven Bilic as manager in November. He was also a crowd favourite but left his team-mates battling with ten men for almost half the game because of his indiscipline.
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