Manchester United have vowed to ‘take the strongest possible action’ they can after veteran defender Ashley Young was racially abused on Twitter.
Young was targeted online as United suffered a 3-0 second-leg defeat at Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night, as they crashed out of the competition by virtue of a 4-0 aggregate defeat.
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Ashley Young was the target of vile racist abuse online after Manchester United’s defeat to Barcelona
United said the club ‘utterly condemns’ the ‘racist social media comments’, while anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out have called upon the social media platform to act following a series of incidents.
The club added it was “working to identify individuals involved.
In the wake of the defeat, racially abusive messages were posted on social media site Twitter from a series of anonymous accounts about England international Young, labelling him a ‘f****** n*****’ and an ‘ape c***’.
The organisation said via its own official Twitter account: “Yet another black player, this time Ashley Young, targeted with racist abuse on social media after tonight’s Champions League game.
“Again, we’re left asking @TwitterUK the same question – when will you take serious action to tackle the rampant discrimination on your platform?”
Mohamed Salah, Danny Welbeck, Raheem Sterling, Michy Batshuayi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Moussa Sissoko have all received abuse over the same platform in recent years.
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The Young incident came just days after MK Dons striker Chuks Aneke was targeted on Instagram following Saturday’s 2-1 League Two defeat at Tranmere, prompting the Merseyside club to call in police.
Concern is mounting over racism in football after a spate of attacks on players on both social media and in and around stadiums.
England’s black players were subjected to repeated chants during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Montengro last month, while Tottenham defender Danny Rose revealed recently he has ‘had enough’ and ‘can’t wait’ to quit the game.
Meanwhile, Juventus striker Moise Kean was targeted with monkey chants from the stands at Cagliari earlier this month.
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Manchester United have vowed to 'take the strongest possible action' they can after veteran defender Ashley Young was racially abused on Twitter. Young was targeted online as United suffered a 3-0 second-leg defeat at Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night, as they crashed out of the competition by virtue of a 4
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