Clermont, current second in Ligue 2, denounced racist messages against his players, posted on Instagram and Facebook. – Laurent Sanson / Sipa
And it continues, again and again … In “real” life as on social networks, cases of racism in football are linked. On Friday, the Clermont Foot 63 published
a press release on its website to denounce two different incidents that occurred in a few days.
“On Saturday April 10, one of our professional players received private messages of a racist nature on the social network Instagram, indicates the current second in Ligue 2. Wednesday April 14, it is another comment with a xenophobic connotation that was detected on the club’s Facebook page, in response to a post highlighting the arrival of four young players at the training center. “
Faced with “these odious” and “intolerable” behaviors, the Auvergne club has decided to react beyond the simple protest text: “Clermont Foot 63 wishes to make it known that it reported the authors of these messages to the Facebook group as soon as the messages were noted and legal proceedings were launched with and in support of the players concerned. “