Raheem Sterling abuse by fan should be laid at Chelsea’s door too – not just the media
- History of incidents involving Chelsea fans and racist abuse
- Club stood by John Terry for allegedly saying same thing
With British newspapers The Sun and the Daily Mail copping all the flak for Raheem Sterling being subjected to vile abuse by some Chelsea fans, the English Premier League club must be breathing a huge sigh of relief.
Chelsea have been let off the hook, big time, after one of their supporters appeared to call England star Sterling a “f****** black c***” during a Premier League match against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge earlier this month.
The supporter, from Beckenham in south London, claims he said “Manc” – British slang for someone from Manchester – and not black, even though Sterling grew up in Wembley and was born in Jamaica.
Chelsea suspended him and three other fans filmed screaming at the 24-year-old forward, and said they will support any criminal prosecutions. No arrests were made but the Metropolitan Police said it would review video footage to see if any racist abuse took place.
Sterling responded by calling out the Daily Mail for publishing stories with contrasting headlines concerning two of his young City teammates, Phil Foden and Tosin Adarabioyo.
“Foden buys new £2m home for his mum” said one headline, while the other said “Young Manchester City footballer, 20, on £25,000 a week splashes out on mansion on market for £2.25 million despite having never started a Premier League match”.