The FA are set to decide Jonny Evans’s fate on Saturday after the Manchester United defender denied allegations of spitting at Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse. A disciplinary hearing was hastily set up on Friday night after Evans confirmed his intention to fight the charge which will carry a six-gam. The FA wanted to make sure the matter was dealt with swiftly before the Northern Ireland international played in United’s FA Cup quarter-final clash with Arsenal at Old Trafford on Monday night.
‘During the game Papiss Cisse and I spoke about the incident and it is clear by my reaction in the television footage that I was totally surprised by any suggestion of spitting.
‘It is not in my character or in my nature to spit at anybody nor is it something I have ever done or would ever do. It is certainle ban if he is found guilty.
not something that I did last night.’
United boss Louis van Gaal also defended his player, insisting that he believed Evans’s version of events.
culled from daily mail
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