• Southgate says racism in England more of a concern than in Russia
‘We’ve got to get our own house in order’ says England managerGareth Southgate claims England must address its own problems with racism before it can criticise Russia over the matter after revealing members of the national set-up’s junior sides had endured “disgusting” racial abuse on social media.
The national manager was asked approximately concerns over the World Cup this summer before Fridays friendly against the Netherlands and was rapid/fast to point out the problem remains unresolved in the English game. He cited a presentation by Troy Townsend,an education officer at Kick it Out, who addressed national coaches this month and showed them comments posted under an image of the England under-16s side.
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Source: guardian.co.uk