James McLean has been given a three-match ban for violent conduct following the incident during Wrexham’s defeat to Swansea. The 36-year-old was seen scrambling for the ball with Ronaldo, which resulted in the Brazilian midfielder crashing to the deck after MacLean tackled the player instead of the ball.
Cameras then showed MacLean jumping over his fallen opponent and appearing to swing his left leg toward Ronald’s head. However, the FA is yet to confirm whether this is the reason for his suspension. As a result of his suspension, McLean will miss Wrexham’s upcoming Championship games against Sheffield United, Preston and Blackburn.
The FA said in a statement: “James McLean has been suspended for three matches following the EFL Championship match between Swansea City AFC and Wrexham AFC on Friday 19 December.
“The player’s actions around the 94th minute were not seen by match officials at the time but were captured on video and the FA claimed they constituted violent conduct. Manager James McLean has since admitted the charge and accepted the standard penalty for violent conduct.”
Wrexham’s official website released a statement saying: “Wrexham can confirm that James McLean has been suspended for three matches following the incident against Swansea City.”
“Referee Oliver Langford took no action at the time, but MacLean was charged with misconduct in breach of Rule E1.1 after reviewing the match video.”
Swansea won 2-1 at home to Wales on Friday night. Cameron Burgess put the visitors ahead with an early own goal, but Zan Vipotnik equalized with 20 minutes remaining.
Adam Ida then scored the winning goal just one minute into stoppage time.
Despite falling out of favor at the start of the season, McLean had started Wrexham’s last seven games due to injury to left-back Liberato Cacace.
