Millwall charged with three counts of crowd abuse relating to religion
Millwall have been charged with three counts of misconduct relating to fan behaviour during their Championship match at Wigan Athletic on 22 April.
The Football Association alleges abuse “with either express or implied reference to religion” occurred in the 8th, 12th and 45th minutes of the game.
Millwall have until Friday, 30 June to respond to the charges.
The club said it “strongly condemns” all kinds of discrimination and has “a zero-tolerance policy” to such abuse.
A statement on the club website added that the south-east London outfit “takes a very proactive approach to combatting discrimination and continues to work tirelessly on a wide range of initiatives and measures to help continue driving positive change”.
The Lions are “formulating a comprehensive response” to issue to to governing body.
Wigan won the game 2-1 but were relegated from the second tier at the end of the campaign, while Millwall finished the season in eighth place.
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Styles is also a reported target of Watford, managed by ex-Reds head coach Valerien Ismael.
The Hungary international left the Reds on a season-long loan at the end of last year’s summer transfer window.
An agreement was struck on deadline day, but only after Styles penning a new deal at the club until 2025. There is a release fee inserted in the 23-year-old’s deal.
The former Bury player featured 22 times for the Lions last term in a season interrupted by an injury which kept Styles out for three months.
If no move transpires in the days ahead, then Styles will remain to pre-season training with Barnsley, but the player is keen to continue his career in the Championship at the stage of his career and not feature in League One.
Speaking to the South London Press, Rowett said: “The release clause is quite high.
“Stylesy had a little bit of missed playing time through injury, which was no fault of his own. We didn’t feel it was the right time to try and pursue that one.
“But he is a player that we would be interested in, at the right level. He’s Barnsley’s player and what they want to do could be completely different to what one or two other clubs want to do – that’s their prerogative.”
