Gabriel Zakuani on his confrontation with former Gillingham manager Steve Evans

Former Gillingham captain Gabriel Zakuani has lifted the lid on his exit from the club - describing the moment he confronted ex-boss Steve Evans.

Central defender Zakuani left the Gills in September 2019 after two years at the club and was prompted to tell his story of his departure after seeing Evans’ team Stevenage hit the headlines over the weekend with a superb win over Premier League Aston Villa in the FA Cup.

Zakuani insists he holds no hard feeling towards the Gills, or Evans, but his telling of what happened on the first day of training during the 2019/20 season got a lot of attention on social media on Sunday night.

He wrote that he was glad that he didn’t knock anyone out after confronting Evans in the manager’s office when it became apparent he wasn’t wanted at the club any longer.

Evans had taken over from Steve Lovell and was preparing for his first season.

He wrote: “First day of pre-season under Evans, turned up at the stadium, and remember I was the captain and whether you like it or not I was a key player for the previous 2 seasons. I walked in the changing room, my kit wasn’t laid out like all of the players, I had to ask for spare kit

“I thought surely it’s a mistake, then I looked at the squad numbers on the wall, my number 6 was blank, changing room could see this shift. It’s like the kitman knew but was scared to speak up.

“I called Scally, he ignored me so I used my other phone the one the mrs ain’t meant to know about he picked up then shit it when I started asking wtf was going on? He acted like there was a signal issue. I hadn’t even met Evans yet but I was on my way to his office.

“I walked into the wrong office because Lovell’s office was downstairs but Evans was now upstairs, I was trying to