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Aurier banished to reserve team until March 21

Paris Saint-Germain has excluded Serge Aurier until March 21 after the fullback's controversial comments about coach Laurent Blanc.

Paris Saint-Germain has banished Serge Aurier to the club's reserve team until March 21 following the fullback's controversial social media comments.

Aurier aimed remarks at coach Laurent Blanc and several teammates in a Periscope video Feb. 13 and has not played for the French champions since.

The 23-year-old publicly apologized for his actions soon after, but PSG has taken a hard-line stance in opting to suspend him from first-team duties until after next month's international break.