Declan Rice is facing a three-game European ban after footage emerged showing West Ham’s captain accusing Thursday’s referee of ‘corruption’ and telling him: ‘You’ve probably been f****** paid.’
The Hammers exited the Europa League in anger, with Aaron Cresswell shown an early red card and manager David Moyes dismissed for booting the ball at a ball boy at Eintracht Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park.
Though West Ham accepted the early sending off for Cresswell was correct, they felt Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano was biased towards Frankfurt for the rest of the semi-final second leg.