Now at Fenerbahce, the TFF found that the 29 year old Portuguese had spat on referee Halis Ozkahya during an Istanbul derby with Galatasaray in which he was also sent off.
Meireles denied the claims and also that he had made a homophobic gesture at the official:
“I will be taking legal action against him to prove my innocence. I don’t know what the hand gesture for calling somebody gay is in Turkey but what I did was entirely based around the referee being a coward and bowing to the pressure.”
Galatasaray won the game 2-1 and lead the Super Lig by five points.
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