‘God teaches us to forgive’: Alan Pardew reinstates Jonny Evans as captain

• West Brom’s Evans, Barry, Myhill and Livermore fined £500,000
• Jonny Evans is right man to lead relegation strugglers, says Pardew

Alan Pardew has reinstated Jonny Evans as the West Bromwich Albion captain in the wake of the taxi scandal in Barcelona, with the manager pointing out “God teaches us to forgive” after confirming the disciplinary process against the four players involved in a “crazy incident” has finished.

It is understood Evans, Gareth Barry, Boaz Myhill and Jake Livermore have been fined the maximum two weeks’ wages – the best part of £500,000 collectively – after they broke a midnight curfew during a team-bonding trip to Spain and became embroiled in a serious incident. It is alleged the quartet stole a taxi in the early hours, after going to a fast-food restaurant, and parked the vehicle outside their city-centre hotel.

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