Hull City forward Craig Fagan will have his club’s full support if he takes legal action against Newcastle United’s Danny Guthrie for the tackle that broke his leg on Saturday, the club’s chairman said.
Guthrie was sent off for scything down Fagan in a reckless challenge towards the end of their Premier League match at St James’ Park, which left Fagan with a fractured left leg. Hull won 2-1.
It was a challenge that left Hull boss Phil Brown furious but on Wednesday the Football Association said they would be taking no additional action in addition to the standard three-game ban for a red card.
“To be frank, this is the sort of incident that, had it happened in the street, would have been regarded as common assault,” Hull chairman Phil Duffen was quoted as saying by British media yesterday.
“We will be sitting down with him and discussing what to do, what decision or what action he might want to take. The timing of it for Craig and the implications, short term, for his career could be significant,” he said.
“He was in the team, playing well and you have to take into account his earning ability in terms of performance bonuses and things like that,” Duffen said.
Fagan, 25, signed from Derby County after a successful loan spell last season, is not expected to play again this year.
He was quoted in the Daily Mail as saying: “I was starting to feel comfortable in the Premier League for the first time. I never really had that at Derby.”
“I took one look at the fixture list and was devasted. we’ve got games against Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham that I’ll miss,” Fagan said.
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