Ryan Sessegnon has become the latest Premier League star to reveal the sickening racist abuse that he has suffered from individuals on social media.
Most BAME footballers around the world have been subjected to vile racism for a long time now and Sessegnon posted a screenshot of one such attack he has just suffered, adding that it doesn’t even bother him anymore.
The winger who was sent on loan to Hoffenheim this season was called a number of racial slurs, one of which was a “slave”.
He said as quoted by Mail Online: ‘Honestly unbelievable smh (shaking my head). The craziest thing is I’m not even surprised anymore. Disgusting.’
He received the abuse on Monday night and the report claims that the offending user account was removed from Instagram shortly after that.
He is the latest Premier League player to suffer abuse after the likes of Wilfred Zaha (CNN).
Troy Deeney has also come out to talk about how much racist abuse footballers suffer (BBC).
This is coming after the worldwide protest under the auspices of Black Lives Matter.
Some football matches still observe the Black Lives Matter salute before kick-off, yet it seems that it will take a long time before the abuse ends.
