Serge Aurier suspended by PSG indefinitely, will miss Chelsea 1st leg [L’Equipe]

Paris Saint Germain’s preparations for their Champions League first leg with Chelsea on Tuesday have been seriously shrouded by off-the-field events.

On Saturday night, Serge Aurier took part in a Periscope video where he took aim at Laurent Blanc, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gregory van der Wiel, amongst others.

See: PSG defender Serge Aurier calls coach Laurent Blanc a ‘pussy’ on Periscope (Video + Tweets).

Early on Sunday afternoon, less than 18 hours after the video aired, PSG have suspended Aurier indefinitely from their squad.

Aurier definitely misses the game with Chelsea on Tuesday.

It is unknown when Aurier will return to PSG’s first team squad and did not train with the Ligue 1 champions on Sunday.

Whilst Gregory van der Wiel is the second choice right back in Paris, L’Equipe suggest Marquinhos could start against Guus Hiddink’s side.

Incredibly, Serge Aurier’s defence initially was that the video was a fake and that it was a montage put together from previous question and answer sessions on Periscope.

Aurier initially told Pierre Ménès of Canal + that the video was put together to make him look bad and that the clips were over a month old.

This version of events simply did not add up. As, according to L’Equipe, Serge Aurier spoke about a number of things that were simply unknown or not relevant a month ago.

These include Aurier’s Valentine’s Day plans, Simone Zaza’s late winner for Juventus versus Napoli and PSG’s 0-0 draw with Lille on Saturday evening.

On Sunday afternoon, Aurier admitted that the video was authentic. He has apologised to PSG and awaits the full punishment from the Ligue 1 champions. According to this Tweet from Ménès:

Aurier aurait reconnu ce matin que la vidéo était bien authentique . Il s'est excusé et attend maintenant la sanction — Pierre Ménès (@PierreMenes) February 14, 2016

So, what now for Aurier?

L’Equipe speculate that Aurier likely has clauses in his PSG contract that does not allow him to say derogatory remarks about any player or representative of the club.

PSG could sack Aurier, but this seems unlikely due to the fact he is first choice right back at the club, at least until last night’s Periscope video.

L’Equipe also reveal that Doucoure Mamadou is the other man in the video. Mamadou is a former team mate of Aurier at Lens.