DANIEL PODENCE could face a SIX-MATCH BAN for alleged spitting after the FA confirmed he has been charged.
The 27-year-old appeared to spit at Nottingham Forest forward Brennan Johnson in the 90th minute of their clash on Saturday.
VAR looked at the incident but did not take any action against Podence.
But now the FA have confirmed the Portuguese winger has been charged.
Wolves have until April 12 to respond to the charge.
Previous spitting incidents involving the likes of Arthur Masuaku and Johnny Evans have both resulted in six-match bans.
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Crewe’s Perry Ng received the same length of ban after spitting in an FA Cup tie in 2020.
Meanwhile, Forest have been charged for failing to control their players when they surrounded referee Chris Kavanagh against Wolves.
Forest coach Alan Tate and his Wolves counterpart Pablo Sanz have also been charged with improper and/or violent conduct.
Johnson and Podence, the two players involved in the alleged spitting incident, were also the two goalscorers in the game as they played out a 1-1 draw.
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Johnson, 21, gave Forest a first-half lead at the City Ground, before Podence levelled things up with seven minutes remaining.
Following Forest’s midweek defeat to Leeds, they now sit just above the relegation zone by virtue of goal difference.
But manager Steve Cooper was backed by owner Evangelos Marinakis on Wednesday as he insisted they will stick with the Welshman despite an eight-game winless run.
Wolves sit 14th in the Premier League, just one point above the bottom three.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
