Celtic youngster Jonathan Afolabi has been the subject of vile online racist abuse.
Afolabi is currently on loan at Dundee for the season and featured in yesterday’s 3-2 Scottish Cup win at Bonnyrigg Rose. Afolabi scored a late equaliser to take the tie to extra time where the Dens Park side finally won the match 3-2.
The abuse was sent on Instagram and Afolabi has shared it to his followers to condemn it.
Dundee have taken a strong stance on the abuse and released a statement themselves to condemn it, “Following last night’s Scottish Cup victory over Bonnyrigg Rose we were made aware of vile racist messages that had been directed to one of our players.
“Dundee Football Club utterly condemns racism in any form.
Racism has no place in society. We have reported these unacceptable messages and will look into what further steps can be taken.
“Sadly, this isn’t the first incident in the last seven days which has seen one of our players being subjected to abuse. After last weekend’s match with Heart of Midlothian, another player received disgusting messages which have also been reported.
“As a club we have zero tolerance for these abusive messages and give our players our full support.”
Afolabi joined Celtic from Southampton and was then loaned out to gain first team experience. So far the youngster has made ten appearances for the Dons scoring three goals with most of these coming from the bench. The talented forward has shown great resilience in the face of abuse and hopefully the perpetrators will be brought to justice.