In a rather bizarre turn of events, Serge Aurier has had his visa to enter the UK revoked at the last minute, and will not be available for PSG tomorrow night.
The Ivory Coast international is currently in the midst of an ongoing court case in which he’s been charged with the assault of a police officer.
The French club say that Aurier was granted a visa after an initial application on October 18th, but say, “However, on 16 November, his visa was finally revoked by the British Ministry of the Interior, who justified their about-face by citing Aurier’s conviction on 30 September, 2016.
“Paris Saint-Germain had, in all transparency, informed the British authorities of this conviction, as well as Aurier’s appeal against this decision (and the legal suspension of the ruling) from the outset.”
They go on to say, in a statement on their website, “Paris Saint-Germain strongly regrets that the presumption of innocence has not influenced Britain’s decision.
“On several occasions, UEFA has also transmitted its total support of Paris Saint-Germain to the British authorities regarding this case, in order to preserve the integrity of its competitions.
The club also deplores that the final decision of the British authorities was only communicated at 14:00 CET on Tuesday, despite the club working for the last six days to find a solution to enable our player to travel with his teammates to London.
“Paris Saint-Germain considers this extremely tardy response as a flagrant lack of respect for the club, given that its player could have been training with the team just hours later at Emirates Stadium.”
So, a bit of a weird one, and given the problems he caused us in the first game, it’s perhaps a small boost to our chances tomorrow night.
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