Arsene Wenger Banned For Three Matches And Fined £40,000

Arsene Wenger Banned For Three Matches And Fined £40,000

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will

serve a three-match touchline ban after he was charged with misconduct by the FA.

Arsene Wenger has also fined £40,000

after admitting that his language and

behaviour in the match officials’

changing room after the 1-1 Premier

League draw at West Brom last Sunday

was abusive, improper and questioned

the integrity of the match referee.

The manager was angry with Mike

Dean’s decision to award West Brom a

late penalty, which Jay Rodriguez

scored to deny the Gunners all three

points.

Wenger has separately also been asked

for his observations for comments

made both before and after Arsenal’s

2-2 draw with Chelsea on Wednesday

night, for which he has until Tuesday 9

January to respond, and could face

further punishment.

The ban means Wenger will miss the

Gunners’ FA Cup trip to Nottingham

Forest on Sunday, next week’s EFL Cup

semi-final first leg against Chelsea and

the Premier League game at

Bournemouth on Sunday 14 January.

A statement from the FA read: “Arsene

Wenger will serve a touchline ban for

Arsenal’s next three matches after he

was charged with misconduct.

“It follows an Independent Regulatory

Commission hearing today at which the

Arsenal manager admitted that his

language and behaviour in the match

officials’ changing room after the West

Brom game on Sunday was abusive,

improper and questioned the integrity of the match referee. He was also fined

£40,000.”