Former Premier League striker Gabriel Agbonlahor believes West Ham sacking defender Kurt Zouma would be the wrong decision.
Zouma was fined two weeks wages after videos emerged on social media of him physically abusing his cat.
Response to the video saw many call for the former Chelsea defender to not only be dropped from the first-team but released from the club entirely.
Manager David Moyes instead played Zouma in the 1-0 win over Watford and said after that 'the club are dealing with it.'
Zouma missed the following game against Leicester City due to injury but looks set to stay at the London Stadium for the foreseeable future.
Now a pundit, Agbonlahor believes that this incident following him around for the rest of his career is punishment enough and that it is time to 'move on.'
“What Zouma did was disgusting,” Agbonlahor told Football Insider.
“I don’t have pets and never have but kicking a harmless, helpless cat was disgusting from Zouma.
“He deserves a big punishment. Is banning him from games the right punishment?
“A big fine, a big donation to the RSPCA and maybe putting him on a programme where he can learn what cats mean to people and why he shouldn’t do it is appropriate.
“To sack him is not the right thing. There is a lot more worse things that players have done and not been sacked. He deserves a big punishment but not a sacking.
“Don’t get me wrong, in six or seven years time he’ll still be getting booed. He can go anywhere in the world and people will still be angry with him.
“What he has done is going to stick with him forever and that’s a big punishment itself. He can go to a restaurant people will come over to him and he will have these questions to ask forever.
“Now, we should move on. He’s had his fine and hopefully, he will go through a programme and that’s enough for me.”
West Ham are next in action against Newcastle United on Saturday.
