Wilfred Zaha Racial Abused by a 12-Year-old
A 12-year-old boy was recently arrested by police and according to information, it is gathered that it is because of the racist message sent to Crystal Palace Ivorian player Wilfried Zaha on social media. According to Zaha, he revealed that he had received several abusive messages on social media before Sunday’s trip to Aston Villa, a game they lost 2-0.
His manager Roy Hodgson called the abuse “cowardly and despicable”.The English Premier League authorities are also not happy with the action of the boy they called the abuse of the 27-year-old Ivory Coast winger “completely unacceptable”. West Midlands Police tweeted Zaha to say they would look into the abuse and hours later confirmed an arrest.
The police in a tweet said: “We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy” “The 12-year-old from Solihull has been taken to custody. Thanks to everyone who raised it. Racism won’t be tolerated.”
Zaha’s manager Hodgson said: “It’s been highlighted at the moment anyway with the Black Lives Matter movement and everyone seems to be making such an effort to eradicate this behaviour. “It is very sad that, on the day of a game, a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse.
“He wants to put off one of our best players from playing well today, but to do it in the way he has chosen is totally inexcusable.” The Premier League said: “This behaviour is completely unacceptable and the Premier League stands alongside Wilfried Zaha in opposing this, and discrimination in any form. “We will continue to support players, managers, coaches and their family members who receive serious discriminatory online abuse,” they added.
