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Gerald Asamoah: Former Schalke player 'left speechless' by chairman's racist comments

Gerald Asamoah has reacted with dismay to the racist comments made by Schalke chairman Clemens Tonnies last week.

The German uttered the condescending statements against Africans at a public event in Paderborn last Thursday.

“Instead of increasing taxes, we should rather finance 20 power plants in Africa every year. Then Africans would stop cutting down trees and producing children when it's dark,” Tonnies is quoted as saying as per DW.

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Despite coming out to issue a statement of apology on the comments he later branded ‘foolish’, Tonnies wasn’t spared as former Schalke player Asamoah took to social media to condemn the comments made by the chairman of the German club.