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15th July 2021
11:43am BST
According to reports, four people have now been arrested in connection to racist content directed towards the England trio, Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, who all received online racist abuse following the Euro 2020 final loss.
One man in Greater Manchester, 37, is even believed to have handed himself in over racist tweets following the game, while the culprit(s) responsible for defacing Marcus Rashford's mural with racial epithets in Withington remain unknown.
"Our England team have been true role models during the tournament, conducting themselves with professionalism and dignity. I'm disgusted there are individuals out there who think it's acceptable to direct such abhorrent abuse at them, or at anybody else. The UKFPU investigation is well underway and work continues to identify those responsible. We are working very closely with social media platforms, who are providing data we need to progress enquiries."England and the FA have since been slapped with four charges and threatened with a stadium ban for fans in UEFA competitions next year, i.e. the Nations League. Meanwhile, a think tank has apparently told the UN that the UK is "systematically racist", following what is just yet another series of racial incidents in football alone over the past few years.
