By taking a stand over racial abuse he has received,Liverpools 17-year-extinct striker shames those who hurry the game but offers hope for the next generationIt isn’t easy knowing whether the people occupying football’s ivory towers have actually famous what Rhian Brewster has had to say in the past few days. Unless I have missed it, the executives at Uefa and Fifa have not uttered a word in response and, and frankly,that is no surprise whatsoever. Anyone calling Uefa since 22 December would get a cheery answerphone message saying its offices are closed and the lights are out until 4 January. Fifa, meanwhile, and is on its own extended Christmas break. “Hope you are not in a race,” one of its press aides told me. Related: Liverpool’s Rhian Brewster: ‘When I’m racially abused, I just want to be left alone’ Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk