Footballers Sagbo and Assou-Ekotto face FA bans for 'quenelle' sign comments

Hull's Yannick Sagbo and QPR loanee Benoit Assou-Ekotto are facing possible bans after they were charged with improper conduct for social media posts relating to the 'quenelle' gesture.

Last month Nicolas Anelka was banned for five games and fined £80,000 for quenelling after scoring against West Ham in December, and was sacked by West Brom.

The quenelle salute is an anti establishment sign but it is described by Jewish organisations as an inverted Nazi salute.

It may soon come to the point where the Nazi salute is described as an inverted quenelle.