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FIFA investigate City’s racism claims in Croatia

FIFA investigate City’s racism claims in Croatia

FIFA is in the process of gathering information on the alleged racism directed at young Manchester City player Seko Fofana in Croatia.

The 19-year-old claimed he was subjected to the abuse during City’s elite development squad’s friendly against clast Tuesday.

Croatia’s Football Federation confirmed on Thursday it will be looking into the allegations and FIFA has contacted both it and the English Football Association to ascertain more facts.

“We are aware of the incident,” said a FIFA spokesman. “In this respect we are in contact with the relevant member associations to enquire and monitor the situation.

“We will be in a position to fur­ther evaluate the matter, once we gather all the relevant information.

“Generally speaking, FIFA takes a firm, zero-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and racism and this is enshrined in the FIFA Statutes in article 3 which stipulates that ‘Discrimination of any kind against a country, pri­vate person or group of people on account of race, skin colour, ethnic, national or social origin, gender, language, religion, political opinion or any other opinion, wealth, birth or any other status, sexual orienta­tion or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion’.

“This is further developed in the FIFA Disciplinary Code and the FIFA Code of Ethics.

“There must be no space for rac­ism in football but recent incidents show us that the fight is not over.”

Last week the Croatian Football Federation stressed it has a similar policy.

“The federation is in a process of gathering information regard­ing the alleged incident and if there are any decisions to be made we’ll make it public on our website,” said a statement. “CFF follows a strong “no racism” policy so we take all accusations very seriously.”


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