Saturday 26 January 2013 09:25, UK
Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard faces an extended ban after he was charged by the Football Association for kicking out at a Swansea ball boy, although South Wales Police have decided not to take any action over the incident.
The police launched a probe after receiving three calls from members of the public living in Sussex, Kent and west Wales. Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins hit out at the police's involvement, telling Sky Sports News: "Things are done in the heat of the moment and probably everybody looks back and wishes things had been done differently. We accept how things are and all move forward." Speaking before the FA charged Hazard, Jenkins called for the matter to be dropped entirely. "That would be my personal feeling, but I can't control what others are going to do," he said. "Speaking on behalf of the club, it's something we'd quickly like to forget." Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez refused to be drawn on any aspect of the ball boy saga or its implications. The Spaniard deployed the same evasion tactics used in a press conference earlier this week, saying: "We have two windows: one for football and one for the other issues." He said Hazard had trained "normally" since the incident and that any disciplinary action taken against him by the club was an "internal" matter.
