Kalou gets suspension for mocking guidelines

Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin have suspended forward Salomon Kalou after he posted a video on Facebook which showed him and teammates shaking hands and displaying a casual approach to COVID-19 guidelines.

The club also said in a statement that "this was the conduct of a single player" and denied that the squad do not take social distancing and hygiene rules seriously.

The Ivorian apologised for his behaviour which the German Football League described on Twitter as "absolutely unacceptable" and which some media suggested could even hamper the Bundesliga's hopes of re-starting after the coronavirus outbreak.

Hertha's general manager Michael Preetz said that Kalou had caused the club "a great deal of damage" and "created the impression that individual players are not taking the corona issue seriously."