Antonio Rudiger is the latest high-profile Premier League star to reveal he has suffered ‘immense’ racist abuse on social media, prompting Chelsea to launch an investigation, which could result in police action and see some of their own fans banned from the club.
As pressure grows on social media companies from football and the Government to take responsibility for hate speech on their platforms, Rudiger revealed he had been racially abused on social media by Chelsea fans who blamed him for being influential in the sacking of Frank Lampard’, a claim which Rudiger says is ‘nonsense’.