Joleon Lescott has urged footballers to continue taking the knee before games.
Players in the Premier League performed the gesture before matches this weekend after games were signposted as dedicated 'No Room For Racism' fixtures, after the decision was made to stop doing it every week at the start of the season.
Lescott, working as a pundit on BT Sport for Everton v Manchester United, said the gesture 'keeps an impact' when it is performed, insisting it sparks conversation.
'I went to the Lionesses on the weekend and my daughter asked me why they were doing it,' the former England defender said.