Police to investigate racist abuse aimed at Bukayo Saka and Jude Bellingham at Euro 2024

A UEFA report claims the pair were the two most abused players at the tournament.

Authorities can intervene with cases of online abuse due to the Online Safety Act and police have now been made aware of horrific messages Saka and Bellingham were sent.

The FA has provided funding of around £25,000 to facilitate prosecutions in regards to online abuse of their players.

Saka was subject to the most 'tier one' comments with 50, whereas Bellingham received 40, as shown by a UEFA report.

Tier one comments are classified by UEFA as ‘being the most harmful and recognised as candidate for prosecution according to law.'

Racist abuse falls under the tier one category.

Saka was additionally the target of horrendous racial abuse following the Euro 2020 final versus Italy.

Going into the tournament, Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for football policing, stated: ‘We were conscious after events at the Euros (2020) when there was horrific abuse of some of our black players.

‘So we responded to that, we did investigations and we were able to prosecute some people arising from that.

‘What we were very keen to do was to speak to the squad and make sure they are aware that we are committed to this, we treat it seriously and advise them how to protect themselves.

‘But equally it is better if you can deal with something in advance rather than after the event to try and explain what we can do.

‘We explained the reporting methods and that if things come in from other routes we will investigate it.’