Arsenal supremo Vinai Venkatesham has branded racist abuse on social media the biggest problem in football after striker Eddie Nketiah became the latest high-profile player to be targeted.
Nketiah was urged to leave Arsenal in a racist post replying to a training picture he posted on Twitter ahead of last night’s clash against Benfica.
A host of Premier League players including Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Axel Tuanzebe, Reece James and Romaine Sawyers have all suffered online racial abuse in recent weeks.
And speaking at the Financial Times’ Business of Football summit, Arsenal chief executive Venkatesham said: ‘The abuse of so many of our black footballers on social channels is probably and possibly the biggest problem we have in the game at the moment.