Abramovich to increase fund to fight racist abuse
Roman Abramovich has written to his players pledging to raise support for campaigns to root out prejudice following a spate of online harassment incidents over the past week.
Reece James exchanged vile messages he had been sent. While Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Axel Tuanzebe trio were all targeted by racial violence, along with Romaine Sawyers of West Brom. Abramovich, including James, is understood to have written to every member of the Chelsea men's squad. Message contains express how "appalled" he was by the violence and his renewed determination to tackle it.
“I am appalled by the racist abuse targeted at Reece on social media,” the Russian said. “Racism has no place in our club nor in our society. Our club is committed to fighting racism, antisemitism and all form...