MARTIN SAMUEL: Atletico Madrid are right to challenge Kieran Trippier's trumped-up ban for telling a friend to 'lump on if you want'... this is just the FA acting as bookies' muscle - and the fines and suspensions are NOT fair

Lump on. That is what the Football Association would like you to believe Kieran Trippier told his friends shortly before his move to Atletico Madrid. It implies a ring, a sting and big, big rewards, hence his 10-week ban. It was nothing of the sort.

Transcripts reveal a more earthbound reality. The circle trying to win a few quid, the player trying to be a pal. One of Trippier's mates asks if he should 'lump on' — the first time the phrase is used — and gets the reply: 'Can do mate.' Later, pressed, Trippier adopts the same turn of phrase.