Red Devils decry Pogba abuse
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Manchester United said it 鈥渦tterly condemns鈥 the racist abuse its World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba received after he missed a penalty in the 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday.
The 26-year-old Frenchman has missed four penalties since the start of last season 鈥 the most by an English Premier League player 鈥 while teammate and fellow penalty-taker Marcus Rashford has converted all four of his attempts in that time.
Pogba was assailed on social media, becoming the third player in England to have received racist abuse in the past week due to missing a penalty.
United said it was 鈥渄isgusted鈥 by the abuse and 鈥渦tterly condemns鈥 it.
鈥淭he individuals who expressed these views do not represent the values of our great club and it is encouraging to see the vast majority of our fans condemn this on social media also,鈥 the club said in a statement.
鈥淢anchester United has zero tolerance of any form of racism or discrimination and a long-standing commitment to campaigning against it through our #AllRedAllEqual initiative.
鈥淲e will work to identify the few involved in these incidents and take the strongest course of action available to us. We also encourage social media companies to take action in these cases.鈥
Rashford tweeted his support for Pogba.
鈥淢anchester United is a family. @paulpogba is a huge part of that family. You attack him you attack us all...鈥 the England international said.
Defender Harry Maguire termed the abuse 鈥渄isgusting鈥 and called on social media companies to verify user accounts to prevent supporters from abusing players anonymously.
鈥淪ocial media need to do something about it,鈥 Maguire said in a tweet. 鈥淓very account that is opened should be verified by a passport/driving licence. Stop these pathetic trolls making numerous accounts to abuse people.鈥
Chelsea鈥檚 Tammy Abraham and Championship side Reading鈥檚 Yakou Meite have suffered similar abuse in the past week.
Abraham missed the crucial penalty in the shootout loss to Liverpool in the UEFA Super Cup last Wednesday. The posts aimed at him were described as 鈥渁bhorrent鈥 by Chelsea and manager Frank Lampard said he was 鈥渄isgusted.鈥
Lampard also called for social media sites to do more to prevent players being abused while Abraham has said he wants to 鈥渟ilence the haters鈥 with his performances on the pitch.
Chelsea banned a supporter for life in July for racially abusing Manchester City鈥檚 Raheem Sterling.
Five others were excluded for periods of between one and two years for abusive language.
Ivory Coast international Meite missed a penalty in time added on for Reading on Sunday against Cardiff City but his side had the match already wrapped up at 3-0.
Some of the tweets aimed at Pogba were later deleted while several accounts appeared to have been taken down.
Twitter鈥檚 terms and conditions say it 鈥渢akes action against behavior that targets individuals with hateful conduct.鈥
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