Footballer handed Bart Simpson-style punishment after disrespectful comments towards rivals

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BRIGHTON’S sister club have humiliated an errant player – by putting him through a Bart Simpson-style punishment.

The Seagulls have close links with Union SG, with club owner Tony Bloom the Belgian outfit’s majority shareholder since 2018.

Union SG midfielder Loic Lapoussin was forced to undergo a Simpsons-style punishment[/caption]

Lapoussin caused a row at the weekend by criticising Cercle Brugge’s stadium[/caption]

Union midfielder Loic Lapoussin caused a row at the weekend by criticising rivals Cercle Brugge’s stadium.

So the Brussels club compelled him to make a video in which he had to write lines on a board while in detention.

Entitled The Lapoussins, the social-media clip mirrors the start of numerous episodes of The Simpsons.

Schoolboy Bart each time scrawls a series of lines on a chalkboard before racing out of the classroom when the bell rings.

Union’s version sees Lapoussin, 28, writing: “Union – Cercle” dozens of times before running off to join team training.

The France-born player had sparked fury with his comments after Union’s 0-0 draw at Cercle on Sunday.

He said: “With all due respect to Cercle, these surroundings really don’t make me want to play football.

“It’s no fun for our supporters to come here either. There is a world of difference between playing at Club Brugge’s stadium and playing here.”

Madagascar international Lapoussin issued a grovelling apology alongside the video.

He said: “I want to apologise to our friends from Cercle Brugge, and to the Unionists, for my comments after the game on the stadium and the fans.”

Union declared: “Loic learned his lesson the Bart Simpson way.”