Arsenal are investigating racist abuses hurled at Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly after a Snapchat video has gone viral on the internet.
The Gunners have released a statement in which they have condemned the unfortunate incident and if found guilty then the accused will be given life bans from watching Arsenal games both home and away.
“We utterly condemn use of this type of racist language and have launched an investigation to identify the culprit,” the club said in a statement released to Press Association Sport(as reported).
“We operate a zero tolerance approach and anyone behaving like this is not welcome at Arsenal and will be banned from matches.
“We have an extremely diverse community of fans who are all part of the Arsenal family and such incidents are rare at Emirates Stadium.
“We encourage supporters to report any incidents as they happen to stewards or via our matchday alert service.”
And now Gunners forward, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has given a message for the fans claiming that he is “really disappointed”.
“I am really disappointed about that,” he said.
“I had the same problem here against Tottenham. When you are black like me it is really painful, I think because we are in 2019 and obviously it is not good for football in England. Hopefully, we will find a way to kick it out.”
😁 A message from Auba… @Aubameyang7 🤳 pic.twitter.com/KxlQRxTsC1
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) April 11, 2019
But apart from being totally disrespectful and unnecessary what this abuse against Koulibaly has done is make Arsenal’s trip to Naples even harder.
Napoli fans will surely not be happy with what their counterparts have done to their defender and the Gunners should now get ready to play in a hostile environment next week.
