<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1448821" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Wilfried-Zaha">Wilfried Zaha</keyword>, a Black <keyword id="3071" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soccer">soccer</keyword> player who plays for Crystal Palace, <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282273543208808450">tweeted out racist direct messages</a> he received before a game against Aston Villa.</li><li>The messages included a photo of a Ku Klux Klan meeting and threats telling Zaha he "better not score" or that the sender would "come to your house dressed as a ghost." </li><li>This <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-shameful-list-of-soccer-racist-incidents-in-2019-2019-12">isn't the first racist incident that the Premier League</a> has seen over the past few years, or that Zaha has experienced in his career.</li><li>In 2019, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/crystal-palace-fc-news-wifried-zaha-latest-news-kick-it-out-a9149376.html">Crystal Palace put out a statement</a> that they had taken action after Zaha "[had] again been subjected to racist abuse on social media."</li></ul>On July 12, Wilfried Zaha, a forward on the <keyword id="52458" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Premier-League">Premier League</keyword> team Crystal Palace, tweeted out a series of direct messages he received on Instagram, from an account "jackdolan_avfc." The "avfc" presumably refers to Aston Villa Football Club, the team that Zaha and Crystal Palace are set to face in a match today.The messages contained a racist threat that Zaha "better not score" or the sender would show up at his house "dressed as a ghost," called him a "black c---," and also included photos of the Ku Klux Klan and a racist depiction of blackface with a racial slur.Zaha captioned the tweet, "Woke up to this today." The West Midlands Police's account responded to the tweet urging Zaha to report the incident to local police, as well as confirming they were looking into it.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—West Midlands Police - #StayAlert (@WMPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1282287954820464640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>Many Aston Villa fans condemned the messages and stated that this one person does not speak for all Villa fans. However, it may point to a larger problem in British soccer culture at large. Zaha himself has been the subject of anti-Black <keyword id="44060" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Racism">racism</keyword> before, as evidenced by a statement Crystal Palace put out in October 2019"Crystal Palace Football Club has taken action after one of our players, Wilfried Zaha, has again been subjected to racist abuse on social media. We will not tolerate this behaviour being directed at any of our players and will fully support them in dealing with such incidents. Any action we can take unilaterally as a club will be taken immediately and we will also seek co-operation from other clubs where relevant, following that we will pursue the matter criminally with the full force of whatever the law allows," it said, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/crystal-palace-fc-news-wifried-zaha-latest-news-kick-it-out-a9149376.html">according to the Independent</a>.Other Black soccer players around the world have dealt with racism from fans during their careers. Last year, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-shameful-list-of-soccer-racist-incidents-in-2019-2019-12">Business Insider compiled a list</a> of 15 racist incidents that happened in soccer in 2019. Chelsea player Tammy Abraham was called <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7359867/Chelsea-striker-Tammy-Abraham-racially-abused-social-media-following-UEFA-Super-Cup-defeat.html">"black c---," and a "f------ n-----"</a> on <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> after missing a penalty, while English player Danny Rose said he "<a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8795286/danny-rose-racism-in-football-spurs-england-retire/">couldn't wait to retire</a>" after Montenegro fans shouted racist comments at England's Black players.<div type="image" title="tammy abraham" height="2464" width="3285" msid="76927134" hostid="261"></div>Zaha's team, Crystal Palace, <a href="https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1282283342185078785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1282283342185078785%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fsportsnews%2Farticle-8514741%2FWilfried-Zaha-subjected-vile-racist-abuse-ahead-Crystal-Palaces-game-Aston-Villa.htmlhtml">stood behind Zaha on Twitter</a>, writing "This is an absolute disgrace and should not be happening. We stand with you, Wilf, and anyone else who has to suffer such horrific abuse."<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8514741/Wilfried-Zaha-subjected-vile-racist-abuse-ahead-Crystal-Palaces-game-Aston-Villa.html">According to the Daily Mail</a>, Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson also backed Zaha and praised him for publicly speaking about the racism he's faced. "It is very saddening on the day of a game that a player wakes up to this cowardly and despicable abuse. I think it is right that Wilf made people aware of it; I don't think it is something he should keep quiet about ... There is literally no excuse; there is no excuse at all."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-premier-league-players-take-knee-solidarity-2020-6">Premier League players took a knee for the first 10 seconds of the league's return in a powerful show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/manchester-city-burnley-white-lives-matter-banner-players-kneel-2020-6">A plane pulling a 'White Lives Matter Burnley!' banner flew over Premier League match as players took a knee to support Black Lives Matter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/burnley-white-lives-matter-banner-ben-mee-says-club-embarrassed-2020-6">An English Premier League captain condemned a fan's 'White Lives Matter' banner in an impassioned interview: 'Fans like that don't deserve to be around football'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/soccers-biggest-traitors-20-players-who-transferred-to-rival-clubs-2020-6">Arson, riots, and a severed pig's head: These 20 players dared to cross the divide and play for both clubs in some of soccer's biggest rivalries</a></li></ul>

A Black soccer player tweeted out racist messages he received before a game, including photos of the KKK and threats

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages that were sent to Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha on social media.</li><li>Zaha was <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282273543208808450">called a "black c---" and sent photos of the Ku Klux Klan on Instagram prior to Sunday's 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa.</a><a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282273543208808450"></a></li><li>"Thanks to everyone who raised it. Racism won't be tolerated," said West Midlands police.</li><li>Shortly after the arrest, <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282607737013260290/photo/1">Zaha, 27, took to Twitter to thank the force</a> for its "swift action in making an arrest."</li><li>The boy, who has not been named, likely because he is a minor, has been released while enquiries continue, police said Monday. He has not been charged.</li></ul>A 12-year-old boy has been arrested by police investigating racist messages that were sent to Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha on social media.Zaha, who is Black, shared <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282273543208808450">screenshots of Instagram messages sent to him prior to Sunday's 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa.</a>"You better not score today you black c--- or I'll come dressed to your house as a ghost," said the messages, alongside photos of Ku Klux Klan members.West Midlands police responded to Zaha immediately saying it was "looking into" the incident, before confirming the arrest of a boy, 12, just hours later."We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy," said the force in a statement on its Twitter account."The 12-year-old from Solihull has been taken to custody."Thanks to everyone who raised it. Racism won't be tolerated."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—West Midlands Police - #StayAlert (@WMPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1282341956199350272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>The boy, who has not been named — likely because he is a minor — has not been charged.Shortly after, <a href="https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1282607737013260290/photo/1">Zaha took to Twitter to thank West Midlands police</a> for its "swift action in making an arrest.""People need to understand that whatever your age, that your behaviour and your work come with consequences and you cannot hide behind social media," the Palace forward, 27, continued."It is important social media platforms do as they did yesterday and seek out these individual and remove them."This is not the first time I have received messages like this, nor am I the only player to receive messages like this – it happens every day. I want to thank everyone for the love and support but enough is enough!"It is not enough to be disgusted by these messages I received and move on. It isn't enough to just say #notoracism. We need action, we need education, things need to change."On Monday, West Midlands police said that the boy has been released."The 12-year-old boy arrested in connection with racist social media messages sent to a footballer has been released under investigation while our enquiries continue," <a href="https://twitter.com/WMPolice/status/1282627004018364416?s=20">it said in a tweet.</a>"Racism has no place in society and we're attempting to contact the footballer to obtain a statement."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/black-soccer-player-tweets-racist-messages-2020-7">A Black soccer player tweeted out racist messages he received before a game, including photos of the KKK and threats</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/black-lives-matter-premier-league-players-take-knee-solidarity-2020-6">Premier League players took a knee for the first 10 seconds of the league's return in a powerful show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement</a>t<a href="https://www.insider.com/manchester-city-burnley-white-lives-matter-banner-players-kneel-2020-6">A plane pulling a 'White Lives Matter Burnley!' banner flew over Premier League match as players took a knee to support Black Lives Matter</a>

A 12-year-old boy was arrested after racist messages, including photos of the KKK, were sent to a Black Premier League soccer player

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Romelu Lukaku, Danny Ings, and Brentford all starred in the second round of the <keyword id="11895950" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="premier-league" source="Orion">Premier League</keyword>. </li><li>Lukaku netted on his second Chelsea debut, while Ings scored a superb overhead kick for Aston Villa.</li><li>Elsewhere, Manchester United was held to a draw by Southampton at St. Mary's. </li></ul>Chelsea FC striker Romelu Lukaku was the weekend's big winner in another thrilling round of English Premier League action. The Belgian, who re-signed for the Blues in a $133 million deal from Inter Milan earlier this month, took just 15 minutes to score on his second debut for the club as it brushed aside Arsenal 2-0 at The Emirates Stadium.Lukaku swept home Reece James' cross from close range before celebrating by holding his head in his hands, clearly overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment.A boyhood Chelsea fan, Lukaku first moved to Stamford Bridge in 2011 as a teenager, but made just a handful of appearances before being loaned out and eventually sold. "It was great, something that I dreamed of for many, many years - since I was 10 years old," Lukaku said."To have those fans not supporting only me but the team. To be able to be part of this is great, I've always wanted this. I want this to continue."<h2>Danny Ings scored a stunner for Aston Villa</h2>Ings scored 34 Premier League goals for Southampton over the last two seasons before being snapped up by Villa for the bargain price of $34 million.And he's now hit two goals in two games for his new club.The Englishman scored from the penalty spot on his debut against Watford last weekend, before he netted against Newcastle United on Saturday - smashing in a brilliant a overhead kick to open the scoring in a deserved 2-0 win.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1429186797851004947">August 21, 2021</a></blockquote>"What a feeling," Ings, 29, said on Instagram after the match.<h2>Brentford proved it means business </h2>Newcomers Brentford were among the bookmakers favorites to be relegated from the Premier League ahead of the new campaign.However, two matches in and Thomas Frank's side has more than proved its got what it takes to stay up. After a thrilling 2-0 victory over Arsenal on the opening weekend, Brentford kept Crystal Palace at bay on Saturday to secure a hard-fought 0-0 draw and keep up its undefeated top flight streak.Though rarely threatening Palace's goal, the Bees never looked in danger of conceding, with a back three of Ethan Pinnock, Kristoffer Ajer, and Pontus Jansson managing to keep the ever-dangerous Wilfried Zaha quiet. Brentford faces Aston Villa, Wolves, and Brighton next up. If it can continue to perform like it has against Arsenal and Palace, the team will be well on their way to securing safety.<h2>United slip at the second hurdle</h2>An opening day 5-1 thumping of Leeds United had Manchester United fans already dreaming of what might be this season. However, against Southampton on Sunday, the ghosts of last season came back to haunt Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side as it was held to a 1-1 draw.The Saints went ahead on the day courtesy of deflected own-goal from Brazilian midfielder Fred, before Mason Greenwood levelled after the break.Despite dominating possession, a lack of ruthlessness in the final third meant United was unable to find a winner.Southampton's Stuart Armstrong could have also easily won the match for the home side after capitalizing on an error Harry Maguire. United was rescued by keeper David De Gea, who parried the striker's shot wide. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1429774168107716613">August 23, 2021</a></blockquote>"Overall, I think we created enough chances to win it and played some decent football at times," said Solskjaer after the draw."Then again we could have lost it but for a very good save from David [De Gea]. It's a point from a losing position but it's not what we wanted."

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d139700e3ecba03710de8e4-2000/kylian mbappe transfer news former liverpool fc player unkeen on signing paris saint-germain player .jpg" border="0" alt="Kylian Mbappe transfer news: Former Liverpool FC player unkeen on signing Paris Saint Germain player " data-mce-source="Photo by Alex Livesey - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images" data-link="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/kylian-mbappe-of-paris-saint-germain-shakes-hands-with-news-photo/1035863874?adppopup=true" /></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Kylian Mbappe would cause more problems than he'd solve at Liverpool FC.</li><li>That is the opinion of people close to the club, who say the player's transfer fee and wage demands could disrupt an already harmonious squad.</li><li>As Liverpool has a number of goalscoring forwards already, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp may prefer to reinforce his midfield with James Maddison seen as a better, less costly, transfer option than Mbappe.</li><li>Wilfried Zaha, meanwhile, is seen as a good alternative to Mbappe.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Business Insider's home page for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Signing Kylian Mbappe would cause more problems than it would solve for Liverpool FC, according to people close to the club.Mbappe, 20, has lit up French soccer with Paris Saint-Germain. The speedster was headline news throughout the 2018-2019 season, scoring <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappes-one-touch-volleyed-goal-is-a-work-of-art-2019-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goals that were like works of art</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-paris-saint-germain-beat-manchester-united-result-2019-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shining even without Neymar</a> in the team. He <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-kylian-mbappe-scores-four-goals-2018-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">once even scored four goals in 13 minutes</a>.His dribbling ability, counter attack play, and all-round pace helped him return a strike rate of one goal scored or created for every 62 minutes he played, earning him the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award.But when he collected the accolade at the ceremony in May, he made a statement that stunned the industry - he said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-transfer-news-2019-5?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he'd be willing to leave</a> PSG.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-transfer-news-2019-5?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of the best soccer players on the planet appears to be open to a summer trade, but few clubs could afford him</a>Mbappe's comments sparked a flurry of transfer stories, even <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-better-at-real-madrid-than-neymar-vicente-del-bosque-23-05-2019?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linking the player with a high-profile move to Real Madrid</a>. However, Liverpool has also emerged as a contender for the goalscorer's signature.The player <a href="https://twitter.com/ahoraonuncaespn/status/1141172243474477057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ESPN earlier in the month</a> that if he was playing the FIFA video game, he'd play as Liverpool, adding that manager Jürgen Klopp Klopp "is good."Around the same time, he started <a href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/kylian-mbappe-sends-liverpool-fans-16444661" target="_blank" rel="noopener">following Liverpool players on Instagram</a>.Despite resistance from the PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48669475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mbappe continues to be linked with a move to Liverpool</a>, the 2018-2019 Champions League winners.But the club's former goalkeeper Ray Clemence, who helped the team win three European Cups in the late 1970s and early 1980s, believes the transfer would cause more problems than it would solve as it could disrupt the harmony in Klopp's squad."It's one thing buying somebody of his quality with the sort of money PSG would want for him, and especially for the wages he would want as well," he told Business Insider at the London launch of "The Official Story of Liverpool's 2018-2019 Season.""But you have to be careful that if you start giving unbelievable wages to somebody who you know is a top quality player, that it won't upset other people in the [team] who have done what they did last year, and are not on the same money."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-must-be-on-time-play-professionally-at-psg-2019-5?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$205 million PSG player Kylian Mbappe has been told to 'be on time' and 'eat, sleep, and play like a professional' if he wants more responsibility</a>Former winger Jimmy Carter, who represented Liverpool for a brief spell in 1991, told Business Insider that "Mbappe would love the opportunity to join Liverpool."He said: "At PSG, things are not going quite going to plan. Neymar's been injured a lot. He looks like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fc-barcelona-reportedly-wants-neymar-from-paris-saint-germain-2019-6?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he could be looking for a move back to FC Barcelona</a>. But yeah, whether Liverpool would go for him [Mbappe] … personally with all that money, I'd be more inclined to go for James Maddison."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d13d9d6e3ecba10641c1f04-2000/liverpool fc transfer news wilfried zaha james maddison.jpg" border="0" alt="Liverpool FC transfer news: Wilfried Zaha, James Maddison" data-mce-source="Getty Images" /></div></div></div>While Mbappe would be a luxury - and an expensive purchase - Carter believes Leicester City's creative midfielder Maddison would be a superior style fit for Klopp's team, and a player who would also cost considerably less.The soccer website transfermarkt.com has Mbappe valued at <a href="https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kylian-mbappe/profil/spieler/342229" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$205 million</a>, while Maddison is seen as a less costly player at <a href="https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/james-maddison/profil/spieler/294057" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$41 million</a>."[Maddison] would fit Liverpool's style of play incredibly well," Carter told Business Insider. "He'd sit in that midfield. You've got Jordan Henderson who would be in front of the back four, doing the ugly part of the game, and he'd give Madisson the ball to let him go and create."Maddison was one of Leicester's most influential players last season, scoring seven times and assisting seven goals from 35 starts thanks to his pass variety and ability from set positions."His contribution last season in the Premier League was just incredible … I'd love to see James Maddison [at Liverpool]," Carter said.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kylian-mbappe-better-at-real-madrid-than-neymar-vicente-del-bosque-23-05-2019?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former Real Madrid manager says he'd rather see Kylian Mbappe at the club than Neymar because the Brazilian acts like a child</a>Harry Harris, the author of "The Official Story of Liverpool's 2018-2019 Season," said too many transfers this summer, or perhaps even one too many of the wrong kind of transfers, could wreak havoc on a squad that won a sixth European Cup."I think it's going to be difficult for Klopp," Harris told Business Insider. "He must be sitting there thinking, 'I don't want to disrupt the squad too much.'"Harris singled out the 26-year-old Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Wilfried Zaha as an ideal player Klopp should recruit.He provided 10 goals and five assists for Palace in the Premier League last season, but it is his speed that would fit perfectly into Klopp's set-up. It would also mean Liverpool would not have to surrender a "ridiculous" financial package to PSG for Mbappe."Whenever you think of Zaha, he's got tremendous speed and he'd be a great asset to this Liverpool team … Mbappe is out of the price range. It's the wages as well. It's not the kind of player Liverpool are looking at. Right age, good speed. But the financial package is ridiculous."

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