Kyle Walker-Peters receives racist abuse by fans after he injured Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho
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Following Southampton’s goalless draw with Manchester United on Sunday, defender Kyle Walker-Peters was the target of racial abuse online. Several racist comments, including monkey emojis, were left in the comments section of the player’s Instagram post from a week ago.
One of the comments mentioned Manchester United substitute Alejandro Garnacho, who had to be substituted after being injured in a tackle by Walker-Peters. The United youngster was forced to leave Old Trafford on crutches, but Erik ten Hag later stated that his injury is “not too bad.”
Southampton issued the following statement on their website on Monday morning. “In February 2021 the club made a statement about one of our young players receiving abhorrent racial abuse following a match against Manchester United.
“More than two years on, we find ourselves in the exact same position: disgusted and disappointed in the behaviour of those online who lower themselves to abusing players for the colour of their skin.
“As we have said before, Southampton Football Club fights every day to remove such people from our sport and our community in order to protect our players, our staff, Southampton fans and those football supporters around the world who recognise and celebrate the diversity that makes football special.
“We have forwarded the messages concerned to Hampshire Police in keeping with our normal processes when dealing with these cases.
“We can only hope that they finally pay attention to what continues to be a major problem and that we do not find ourselves repeating these words in another two years time.”
This season, the Premier League and club captains decided that players would take a knee before certain matches to raise awareness about racism in football. The Premier League launched an investigation earlier this month into allegations of internal racism levelled by a former member of their diversity and inclusion team.
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