Norwich City boss Johannes Hoff Thorup says the club’s handling of goalkeeper Angus Gunn’s FA charge for misconduct will depend on the evidence against the 28-year-old.
The FA claim Gunn “allegedly acted in an improper manner around the tunnel area at half-time” during the Canaries’ Championship loss to QPR earlier this month.
“The most important for us is that we try to get an answer a couple of hours before kick-off,” Thorup told BBC Radio Norfolk.
“They have the rights to dig into bad behaviour and if they feel it’s bad behaviour, we have to look into it and see if we accept that or not. It comes down to the evidence.”
Norwich have until Thursday, 19 December, to respond to the charge.
If found guilty, Gunn could face a ban which would make him the second player to receive a suspension from the same game, after Canaries captain Kenny McLean was handed a four-match ban for violent conduct.
Despite McLean’s denial of the charges, the club did accept the decision to ban the midfielder, but Thorup feels that case was mishandled by the FA.
“We were not satisfied – especially with the treatment of us and Kenny in that particular situation – because we felt it was a decision being made too late,” Thorup added.
“On the other hand, we have to accept that we are a football club playing in a league with rules we have to follow. If there’s a case, there’s a case.”
