Furious West Ham players to demand a pay rise after discovering Kurt Zouma's weekly wage

The fallout from Kurt Zouma’s shocking cat abuse video shows no signs of stopping.

Despite starting West Ham’s match against Watford on Tuesday, the repercussions are coming thick and fast.

Adidas confirmed the defender is “is no longer a contracted athlete” and Vitality said it was suspending its sponsorship with the east London club.

His cats were taken away by the RSPCA with the animal charity now reportedly looking to charge him.

Meanwhile, despite starting him, West Ham have reportedly fined him two weeks wages which would be donated to the RSPCA.

That fine was widely reported to be £250,000. For those of you any good at maths, that equates to a £125,000 weekly wage.

That came as news to many of his West Ham teammates – and it hasn’t gone down well.

In fact, according to the Daily Mail, they’re ‘furious.’

A £125,000 weekly wage would make Zouma the club’s highest paid player and a number of other first-team players are unhappy about that and could ask for big raises as a result.

Michail Antonio recently signed a new deal thought to be worth around £100,00-per-week. And according to website, Salary Sport, other West Ham stars earn considerably less.

Jarrod Bowen takes home £80,000 weekly, while Declan Rice is on less than half of what Zouma earns (£62,000-per-week).

A number of players could now demand sharp pay raises as a result of Zouma’s salary being confirmed.

Another decision the club have to make is whether to play Zouma once again in West Ham’s Premier League clash with Leicester on Sunday. David Moyes came under fire with the decision to play the former Chelsea man against Watford.

Moyes explained his decision to play the centre-back by saying: “I’m really disappointed, and the club have taken all the