Nantes fine Mostafa Mohamed for skipping LGBTQIA+ support match

Nantes has fined striker Mostafa Mohamed for refusing to play towards Toulouse on Sunday, when groups throughout France wore rainbow-colored numbers on their jerseys in present of support for the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood.

Nantes mentioned in a press release on Monday that the Egypt striker was fined an undisclosed quantity which shall be donated to a French charity group known as SOS HOMOPHOBIA.

“First of all, Nantes would like to repeat its commitment in the fight against homophobia,” the membership mentioned on its web site. “Mostafa Mohamed, a striker for FC Nantes, refused to play in the match against Toulouse for personal reasons. To this end, the Nantes directors decided to punish him financially.”

Nantes added it would proceed to “fight against all forms of discrimination, as it always has done.”

Teams within the prime two divisions wore rainbow-colored numbers on their jerseys over the weekend for the third consecutive season.

Toulouse ahead Zakaria Aboukhlal was unnoticed of his crew for the identical recreation after additionally refusing to put on the jersey. Aboukhlal gave his causes on social media on Sunday.