Nigerian-born Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi today deleted his profile from the social networking site, Twitter less than 24 hours after his mistake helped cost the Blues victory in the opening match of their Champions League defence against Juventus.
Chelsea originally insisted it was entirely coincidental that Mikel, who insisted he was entirely unaware of any rasict abuse, had decided to delete the 'Mikel12Official' account he set up this summer. However, the club admitted that they have informed the police after being made aware of the developments.
A statement read: "We've been made aware of racist tweets targeted at Mikel which are totally unacceptable, disgusting and abhorrent.
Mikel refused to hide from his mistake after Wednesday night's 2-2 Group E draw against Juve.
The 25-year-old gave the ball away 10 minutes from time before he and his team-mates failed to prevent Claudio Marchisio playing Fabio Quagliarella into space for the equaliser.
Mikel said afterwards: "If I want to make up an excuse, I can. But, for me, I gave the ball away. I put my hands up, we move on.
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I even suspect racism among d players. Mikel committed a blunder, we agreed, but that equaliser would have been a avoided or prevented if his team mates covered for him after giving d ball away. Their actions, hmmmm, needs explanation. I think dats racism!!!
ReplyDeleteRacism is incurable disease as far white is concern. Even when they make anti racial laws there is still reservasion. My advice is that anyone abused racially should endure it bcos discrimination is evry where.
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