BOURNEMMOUTH midfielder Jefferson Lerma strenuously denies an FA charge of biting during a game with Sheffield Wednesday last month.
I hope he didn’t do it, because there’s no need for biting in football. One, it’s disgusting.
Two, it’s petulant – like something my three-year-old would do. Three, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, with the transfer of saliva and everything that could entail.
Things like spitting and biting – I never understood that. I always tried to protect myself as a player, but there was never any nastiness, ...