Chris Kirkland Calls Into TalkSPORT And Says Kurt Zouma 'Has Got To Be Sacked' By West Ham

In a video obtained by The Sun, Zouma's brother, Yoan, is believed to have filmed the French centre-back abusing the animal inside his £2 million mansion. The footage was then posted to Snapchat.

"I also want to say how deeply sorry I am to anyone who was upset by the video. I would like to assure everyone that our two cats are perfectly fine and healthy.

"They are loved and cherished by our entire family, and this behaviour was an isolated incident that will not happen again."

You can see the footage below.

talkSPORT host Simon Jordan labelled Zouma's behaviour as "ridiculous, puerile and cruel."

“You can’t say this does reputational damage to West Ham and footballers per se," he said. "You have to look at how West Ham handle the situation to determine whether this does reputational damage to West Ham or not.

“This is the most absurd, ridiculous, puerile, cruel behaviour. The fact that it’s been filmed and put out on social media, even in the deepest darkest recesses of a stupid brainless mind would you think that’s something that you’d want to do.

“The bottom line is he probably shouldn’t play tonight… he’s remorseful because he’s been caught. Well he hasn’t actually been caught, his brother has posted it.

“He’s a stupid young man who’s behaved in a stupid, unkind fashion and he will have to suffer the consequences of it.”

Jordan continued: “We must be able to live in a redemptive society. We must be able to live in a world where someone looks at themselves and goes ‘what the hell was I thinking?’

“Is it a sackable offence? If you want to turn it into gross misconduct and bringing the club into disrepute and ultimately damaging the reputation of the club – which contractually you’re now allowed to do – then if you wanted to make