Roy Hodgson has spoken out against the racial abuse footballers have received over social media, and says that those responsible must be made to face the consequences.
“It’s abhorrent, that’s the first thing,” he said in his pre-Newcastle United press conference. “It’s so difficult for rational and decent minded human beings to understand. What would provoke someone to do that is very difficult for me to understand.”
Wilfried Zaha has spoken out in the past to highlight the prevalence of racist abuse online, with several Premier League players suffering similar attacks in the last week.