“It’s colder outside than I thought,” Timaya said of Kurt Zouma’s situation after he was arrested for abusing his cat.

Timaya, a Nigerian dancehall artist, has chimed in on footballer Kurt Zouma’s problems.

The French defender, who plays as a Centre-Back for Westham United in the Premier League, is currently under fire after a video of him assaulting his cat went viral on social media.

The 27-year-old center-back was fined £250,000, had his Adidas sponsorship agreement revoked, and is facing up to four years in prison in France.

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Papichulo has now joined the social media outrage, with netizens believing there is an undercurrent of racism in how the black football player is being treated.

Timaya on his official Twitter account wrote: Nawa oo, because of a cat??? It’s colder than we can even imagine