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Former England star Shaun Wright-Phillips admits he would have walked off the pitch after receiving racist abuse from Spain fans in 2004 had he felt he was allowed to

Shaun Wright-Phillips has admitted that he wanted to walk off the pitch after being racially abused by Spain fans during a friendly in 2004.

Wright-Phillips and Ashley Cole were subjected to monkey noises and insults during England's 1-0 defeat inside the Bernabeu, which saw the FA lodge a complaint to FIFA over the incident.

The complaint also referenced how a number of England's black players were racially abused the night before in an Under 21s clash in Alcala de Henares.

Shaun Wright-Phillips has opened up on the racist abuse he received from fans in 2004

Looking back on the incident, Wright-Phillips reveals he was unsure with the protocol over how the incident could've been handled but insists he would walk off the pitch now following the clamp down on racism in recent years.