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'They have to adhere to our laws': Joleon Lescott calls for English football to introduce protocols to educate players coming into the country after Edinson Cavani called friend 'negrito' on Instagram

Joleon Lescott believes English football must set up educational policy and protocols for players coming to the Premier League following Edinson Cavani's Instagram post calling a friend a 'negrito'.

Cavani could face a minimum of a three-game ban from the FA after posting the comment hours after inspiring Manchester United's fightback in the 3-2 win at Southampton on Sunday.

It comes more than a year after Manchester City star Bernardo Silva was handed a one-match ban and fined £50,000 for an offensive tweet sent to club team-mate Benjamin Mendy.