Brentford condemn ‘spineless’ racist abuse sent to Ivan Toney
Striker posted screenshots of the abusive messages on his Instagram story
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Your support makes all the difference.Brentford have described the latest racist abuse directed at striker Ivan Toney as “spineless”.
Only back in January the Sky Bet Championship club reported a social media user after he sent racist language to the 25-year-old.
Instagram eventually banned the user from its platform and Toney has again been the victim of more racist abuse - the latest in a long list of high-profile footballers during the last few months.
After he started the Bees’ stalemate with Birmingham on Tuesday, Toney was sent a direct message which included numerous monkey and banana emojis and described Brentford as a “gay idiot team”.
Toney put a screenshot of the messages on his Instagram story with the caption “Honestly I’m done” and the abuse was quickly condemned by his club, who are third in the Championship.
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“We are appalled to see yet more spineless, racist abuse directed at Ivan Toney on Instagram this evening,” a statement from Brentford read.
“This has to stop. Now. We stand with Ivan, and all those who continue to suffer abuse online.”
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