Paris St Germain have suspended defender
Serge Aurier indefinitely,
dropping him from their squad to meet Chelsea in the Champions League on
Tuesday, after he insulted coach
Laurent Blanc and his teammates.
Ivorian Aurier would be disciplined after he made insulting comments
about Blanc and teammates including
Angel Di Maria and
Zlatan
Ibrahimovic in a video posted online, the club said.
"I have made the decision to suspend Serge Aurier. Paris Saint-Germain
is a very strong institution nobody can touch,"
PSG quoted club
president Nasser
Al-Khelaifi as saying in a statement on Sunday.
"I will let no one put the club in difficulty and turn us from our
objectives starting with our rendezvous with Chelsea, highly anticipated
by our supporters," he said.
"Serge Aurier will not figure in the squad to face Chelsea this Tuesday in the Champions League."
PSG, who Chelsea in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, pledged
their "full support to their coach Laurent Blanc and those players who
might justifiably have felt offended by Aurier's remarks which are
contrary to all the club's values."
In another video posted online, the 23-year-old Aurier apologised for his comments.
"I did something really idiotic ... I apologise to my teammates, the coach, the club and the supporters.
"Especially the coach, I can only thank him for all he has done for me ... I accept all consequences."