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Wilfried Zaha subjected to vile racist abuse on Instagram ahead of Crystal Palace's game with Aston Villa as fan calls him a 'black c***', sends him pictures of Klu Klux Klan and threatens to come to his house if he scores

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to vile racist abuse from a fan ahead of their match with Aston Villa.

The Ivorian discovered he had received the abuse on Instagram when waking up on Sunday and posted on Twitter to demonstrate the disgusting nature of the messages.

The person in question also sent the 27-year-old pictures of American white supremacist hate group Klu Klux Klan and threatened to come to his house if he scored in the fixture.

Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha has been subjected to vile racist abuse on Instagram

In the first message, the fan writes: 'You better not score tomorrow you black c***.