Police investigating alleged online racial abuse of Rangers' Alfredo Morelos
Police Scotland said on Monday they are looking into alleged online racial abuse of Rangers’ Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos after he scored in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Celtic.
Morelos equalised in the 38th minute with his first goal in 13 Old Firm game appearances as the Scottish champions extended their unbeaten league run to 33 matches this season.
“An investigation is under way after we received a number of complaints regarding an offensive social media post and enquiries are ongoing,” Police Scotland said.
The incident came after the Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara complained of being racially abused by Slavia Prague’s centre-back Ondrej Kudela in the closing stages of their Europa League match on Thursday, which Uefa is investigating. The Manchester United midfielder Fred was the subject of online racist abuse after his side’s 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Leicester on Sunday.
The Rangers and Celtic players and staff stood in solidarity with Kamara before kick-off on Sunday. The Rangers captain, James Tavernier, said all black players in the team had been abused on social media this season: “We took a knee to send out a message but we believe that message isn’t strong enough. We wanted to send out a strong message and it was an easy decision.
“But I feel confident saying that all our black players have received racial abuse this season. That’s from social media platforms and this is a key message to them. Action has to be taken – enough is enough.”