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Tue 21 October 2025 21:18, UK Updated Tue 21 October 2025 22:34, UK <\/p>\n
Hannibal Mejbri remains at the centre of an FA and Lancashire Police investigation amid complaints made by Leeds United fans at the weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n Leeds were beaten 2-0 by Burnley at Turf Moor<\/a> on Saturday to make it back-to-back Premier League defeats.<\/p>\n Mejbri is no stranger to being involved in Leeds controversy<\/a>, having supposedly had missiles thrown at him in a game with the Whites last year.<\/p>\n Now, former Manchester United player Mejbri is accused of spitting at Leeds fans<\/a> and the matter is being looked into by the authorities.<\/p>\n And fresh footage of the alleged incident has now been relayed by Graham Smyth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n FA and Lancashire Police looking into Hannibal Mejbri spitting allegations<\/p>\n As Keith Hackett exclusively told MOT Leeds News<\/strong>, Burnley midfielder Mejbri faces being banned if found guilty<\/a> of the alleged offence.<\/p>\n On top of the aforementioned two incidents, Mejbri was also seen winding up Leeds fans at Elland Road<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n However, neither of those two incidents are as serious \u2013 and indeed disgusting if true \u2013 as this one from the weekend.<\/p>\n Lancashire police say they are \u201cestablishing the facts\u201d surrounding the incident, with a Leeds fan in the away section lodging a complaint.<\/p>\n It had previously been suggested Mejbri<\/a> did not go close enough to the Leeds<\/a> fans at any point to spit in their direction, but new footage potentially changes that.<\/p>\n Yorkshire Evening Post journalist Smyth relayed footage posted on X on Tuesday and added the comment: \u201cSome footage of the incident being looked at by Lancashire Police and the FA.\u201d<\/p>\n In the clip, Mejbri can be seen close to the Leeds fans, with numerous spectators in the away end reacting to something the midfielder said or did.<\/p>\n It must be stressed that this remains an allegation at this point, with the FA and Lancashire Police still looking into the matter.<\/p>\n Jonny Evans among previous examples of players being banned for spitting<\/p>\n This incident is not the first of its kind.<\/p>\n West Brom\u2019s Goran Popov was sent off for spitting at Kyle Walker in Albion\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in 2013, with the North Macedonian being sent off and given a three-match ban.<\/p>\n Three years earlier, Jonny Evans was seen spitting in the direction of Papiss Cisse as Man United took on Newcastle, with the latter spitting back.<\/p>\n Evans got a six-match ban and Cisse was given a seven-match suspension due to a previous misconduct offence.<\/p>\n In another incident involving a Manchester side, Hull City\u2019s George Boyd was seen spitting towards Man City\u2019s Joe Hart in 2014 and was given a three-game ban.<\/p>\n Enjoyed this article?<\/strong>\u00a0Stay connected with all the latest Leeds United news, updates, and behind-the-scenes content by following us on our new Instagram account\u00a0\u2013\u00a0@motleedsnews<\/a><\/p>\n