Norwich captain McLean gets second four-match ban

By the time Norwich City captain Kenny McLean is available to play again he will have missed eight of the team's first 23 league games through suspension

Norwich City captain Kenny McLean has been given a four-match ban for the second time this season.

The 32-year-old midfielder was charged with violent conduct in the 24th minute of Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Queens Park Rangers in an incident that was not seen by match officials at the time.

The Scotland international denied the charge against him but an independent commission found it proven and he has been banned for four games rather than three as this constitutes his second red card of the season.

McLean was making his third appearance after his initial four-match ban for his sending off against Middlesbrough in October and will now be unavailable until the home game against QPR on 29 December.