English Football Club, Chelsea has announced that it is going to be pulling up an investigation after racist abuse had been allegedly directed against Tottenham forward Son Heung-min during a football match at Stamford Bridge, threatening the “strongest action”.
The South Korea international had been alleged to have been racially abused by a member of the crowd at the Stadium during Sunday’s ill-tempered game, which had ended in 2-2.
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Chelsea has previously handed out life bans to supporters found guilty of similar behaviour. The back of every seat at Stamford Bridge has also been imprinted with instructions on how to report incidents of abuse as part of the club’s drive to stamp it out.
“Chelsea Football Club finds any form of discriminatory behaviour totally abhorrent. It has no place at Chelsea or in any of our communities,” said a Chelsea statement.
“Chelsea FC has consistently made its zero-tolerance position on discriminatory behaviour very clear, yet there are still idiots like this that attach themselves to this club as so-called ‘fans’, which shames Chelsea FC, our coaches, players, staff and our true supporters.
“We are investigating this incident and, if identified, this individual will face the strongest action from the club.”
In another report, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk on Tuesday evening, tweeted that he is interested in purchasing the Manchester United football club.
The 51-year-old, who has a habit of posting provocative statements on social media for fun, said: ‘Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,’ in a reply to an earlier tweet about supporting both of America’s two major political parties.
Manchester United, a storied English football club, is currently led by the six children of late American businessman Malcolm Glazer, who took a controlling stake in the franchise in 2005.
Shares of the team listed on the New York Stock Exchange are down year to date, but ended Tuesday flat, with a market capitalization of $2.1 billion.
