Son Heung-min has become the latest Premier League to be subjected to racist abuses online, following Tottenham’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.
Son opened the scoring in the game and was also involved in controversy when United had a goal ruled out after he went down after a swinging hand in the face from Scott McTominay.
After the match, Spurs confirmed that the South Korean had been sent racial abuse on social media.
Another match day and more heinous racial abuse suffered by one of our players. This has once again been reported to the platforms and we will now conduct a full review together with the Premier League to determine the most effective action going forward.
We stand with you, Sonny. pic.twitter.com/fNBpSykJJo
– Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) 11 April 2021
“Another match day and more heinous racial abuse suffered by one of our players. This has been reported to the platforms again and we will now conduct a full review with the Premier League to determine the most effective action going forward. We stand with you, Sonny , “a club statement read.
There has been a depressing increase in the number of players reporting racist abuse in recent months. Manchester United’s Axel Tuanzebe, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial have all been sent disgusting messages on social media recently, as have a number of other Premier League stars.
There is a growing perception that the only way to force social media companies to take action is to boycott their services. Recently, championship site Swansea City announced that they would stop updating social media for seven days, while staff and players at Rangers recently joined them to come from social media.
The Premier League has run the No Room For Racism campaign throughout the Stu Forster / Getty Images season
As early as February, the FA called on the British government to address the issue, saying: “It has been another weekend where players face discriminatory abuses and have to deal with anonymous keyboard warriors hiding in a world of impunity.
“At the FA, we believe that enough is enough. Social media companies must take the step and take responsibility and act to ban addicts from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support to make their platforms free from this kind of abomination. abuse. “
