Luton Town forward Elijah Adebayo victim of vile racist abuse

It has to stop.

At 8:28PM BST on Wednesday night, a UK based Instagram account sent Adebayo a racist comment.

Following Luton Town's match versus Sunderland at Kenilworth Road last season, in which Adebayo scored his first goal of the season, he notified the club of the incident.

It is understood that the incident is now being investigated, after being reported to the Police and Meta.

The club issued a statement in support of Adebayo:

"Just like we said a year ago, and just like we will do WHENEVER a player or staff member is subjected to abuse, we will stand by and support Elijah unequivocally.

"To the individual who cowardly dropped into Elijah’s DMs: We know who you are and you know who you are. You’re not a faceless account, one which we have sadly become accustomed to reporting in recent years.

"But as if you have the balls to come to Kenilworth Road and say it to his face. We dare you. If you do, you’ll be faced with everyone at Luton Town Football Club, standing side-by-side with Elijah.

"Abuse of any kind is unacceptable. But does everyone know that? It’s why we are doing our bit to educate everyone that racism and all forms of abuse is abhorrent and unacceptable.

"Last season, as part of the Premier League’s No Room For Racism campaign, we showed members of our staff the racist and abusive messages our players have been subjected to.

"This is real life with real life affects."