Nice forwards Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have both been given leave from the team after they were allegedly assaulted by their own fans on Sunday night on their return from a 3-1 defeat at Lorient , sources told ESPN.

Around 400 Ultras waited for the players on Sunday night in a very tense atmosphere at the club's training ground after the team returned from the game, sources said. Two supporters got on the team bus to express their anger before the violence erupted when the players stepped off.

Sources added that Moffi has been put on sick leave for a week and Boga for five days. The pair were both punched, spat at, kicked and insulted by the Ultras, according to people who were at the scene on the Boulevard Jean-Luciano where the team bus had brought players and staff back fro

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