West Ham's Masuaku suspended 6 games for spitting

West Ham United will be without Arthur Masuaku until March.

On Monday, the Football Association announced Masuaku has been given a six-game ban for spitting at Nick Powell in the second half of Wigan Athletic's 2-0 victory over The Hammers in the fourth round of the FA Cup, for which he was sent off in the game.

The French wing-back subsequently took to Twitter to apologise for his actions.

David Moyes called the incident "despicable," and said, according to the Guardian's Paul Wilson: "He's been a really good boy up 'til now, I don't know why he lost it like that. I can't defend it, it should never have happened. He deserves whatever is coming to him but we are in a position at the moment where we can't afford to lose any more players."

Masuaku will miss West Ham's Premier League games against Crystal Palace, Brighton & Hove Albion, Watford, Liverpool, Swansea City, and Burnley.