Exeter suspends prime scorer Brown over ‘disciplinary matter’

Former Jamaica youth worldwide Jevani Brown, the membership’s prime scorer, is not going to play in Exeter Metropolis’s English League One residence conflict with Charlton Athletic on Saturday owing to a “membership disciplinary matter.”

The 28-year-old has netted 14 targets this season, offered an extra 9 assists and has the second-highest degree of aim contributions in League One, the third tier of English soccer.

Brown had been the topic of a bid from rivals Portsmouth on the ultimate day of the January switch window which had been turned down by Exeter, a Devon membership nicknamed the Grecians.

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Exeter mentioned Brown didn’t practice with the workforce on Friday.

On Thursday, Exeter supervisor Gary Caldwell mentioned each Brown and teammate Josh Key – for whom the membership had additionally acquired a switch bid – had been “absolutely dedicated and able to give every thing for the membership till the tip of the season”.

Caldwell had added. “We worth Jevani very extremely. He’s a participant that has the second highest aim contributions within the league this season and has actually thrived at this degree and exhibits his high quality each week – as he did final week at MK Dons [where Brown scored both goals in a 2-0 win].

Brown, who joined Exeter from League Two membership Colchester United in June 2021, made 5 appearances for Jamaica Beneath-17s in 2011 and was set to make his senior debut for the Reggae Boyz final 12 months after being referred to as as much as symbolize Jamaica at a four-team match in Austria, however stunned his membership by returning to Exeter with out taking part in.

In response to Exeter’s assistant supervisor, Wayne Carlisle, the Austria itinerary “wasn’t going to match up with what he [Brown] wanted and provides him recreation time so that they got here to an settlement with the [Jamaican] federation to return again”, including: “He’s having fun with his time at Exeter and when it didn’t be part of up with what he wished, he put within the request to return again.”

Exeter, at present mendacity tenth within the desk after profitable promotion from League Two final season, declined to remark additional on the character of the disciplinary matter involving Brown when approached by media.

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