‘No player should face it’: Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo says he would walk off if he suffers racist abuse again

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has threatened that he would stroll off the pitch if he will get racially abused by followers throughout a match, and the referee chooses to disregard it. Ighalo, who’s at the moment enjoying for The Red Devils on mortgage from Chinese membership Shanghai Shenhua, additionally added that he has been known as all kinds of names from the followers whereas enjoying soccer in China, and added that no participant on this planet ought to undergo it.

“If it happens to me I would report it to the referee and see what they do, but if they don’t take action about it then I’m going to walk off because it should not be done to any player or anyone in the world,” Ighalo informed Sky Sports News.

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“In one game in China I got called all sorts of names and after the game, I didn’t shake his hand. I walked straight into the dressing room, I was angry, I reported it to the FA. I didn’t press forward with it, I just let it go because I’m just this kind of guy. I don’t like to drag issues out. But I don’t think it should be condoned in any country.”

“Nobody should condone racism. We are all human. Despite the colour of our skin, we are all the same, we live in the same world, the same life,” the Nigerian ahead added.

Ighalo additional added that he additionally doesn’t condone riots and admitted that fixing the problem may take time. “I don’t condone racism, but at the same time, I don’t condone riots.

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“It didn’t start today, it’s not going to end today. It’s going to take time. We are hoping this situation can change the narrative and make it more limited. It’s going to reduce it to a minimum.

“We are fighting now so that for the next generation it will be cut off, finally. We have to start from the younger generation, educate them, let them see that all humans are the same. We should fight for humanity not colours,” he stated.