Kevin-Prince Boateng has taken a strong stand against Schalke 04 chairman Clemens Toennies, who made a statement deemed to be racist and targeted at Africans.
The Ethics Committee of the German Football Association (DFB) had waived a lawsuit against Toennies, as they do not see the comments as racist, even though the multi-billionaire Toennies, has stepped down from his role with Schalke until November.
"Something like this should not happen to a man in his position,” Boateng told Sportbild.
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“Such a thing is not accepted, not in Germany, not in the Bundesliga, not in our club.