Furious Tottenham Hotspur reveal Son Heung-min was targeted by ‘utterly reprehensible’ racist abuse online after West Ham win as club call on social media companies ‘to take action’, just a week on from Brentford’s Ivan Toney being targeted
- Tottenham forward Son Heung-min was the target of racist abuse online
- Spurs have called for ‘social media companies and authorities to take action’
- The abuse comes after Tottenham beat West Ham 2-0 in the London derby
Tottenham Hotspur have called on ‘social media companies and authorities to take action’ after Son Heung-min was the target of ‘utterly reprehensible online racist abuse’.
The racist abuse comes as the 30-year-old was on target for Spurs against West Ham in the London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Son scored Spurs’ second of the game as he sealed all three points for the home side against their London rivals.
After the game, Tottenham released a statement via Twitter.
The statement read: ‘We have been made aware of the utterly reprehensible online racist abuse directed at Heung-Min Son during today’s match, which has been reported by the Club.
Tottenham Hotspur have called on ‘social media companies and authorities to take action’
‘We stand with Sonny and once again call on the social media companies and authorities to take action.’
This incident also comes just one week after Ivan Toney received a barrage of racist and abusive messages via his Instagram account’ after Brentford’s game against Arsenal.
Toney scored the equaliser against the league leaders and Brentford released a statement shortly after.
The Brentford statement read: ”Immediately after Brentford’s game against Arsenal, Ivan Toney received a barrage of abusive, racist direct messages via his Instagram account.
‘We are disgusted and saddened that Ivan has had to deal with this yet again. We will not tolerate it and we will do everything we can to pursue the individuals involved.’
More to follow.
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