Paris St. Germain's Ivorian defender Serge Aurier will miss his side's UEFA Champions League (UCL) clash with Arsenal after he was refused entry into the United Kingdom (UK).
The 23-year was earlier given a two-month suspended prison sentence in September for assaulting a police officer and that has come back to haunt him following PSG's confirmation that the UK authorities granted Aurier a visa in October but revoked it on the 16th of November as a result of his conviction.
On the matter, the UK Home Office said the following via a statement: "The immigration rules clearly state that non-EU nationals who have received a custodial sentence of less than 12 months within the last five years will be refused on criminality grounds."
His club also released a statement concerning the situation as follows: "Paris St-Germain strongly regrets the presumption of innocence has not influenced Britain's decision."
The French champions further accused the Home Office of a "tardy response" and claimed the decision was not made until Tuesday afternoon while European football's governing body, UEFA, expressed "deep disappointment" in the ruling.
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