Paulo Fonseca, the head coach of French soccer team Olympique Lyonnais, has been given a nine-month suspension after confronting a referee – a sanction the club described as “severe” and “unprecedented.

The manager's outburst at the end of Lyon's win over Brest resulted in an unprecedented ban that will keep him from the touchline through the end of November.

Speaking at the 10-year celebration of the Hout Bay Community, Jürgen Klopp commented on the lengthy ban that has recently been handed to Paulo Fonseca following an outburst against Benoit