Clattenburg and FA await police decision on complaint about on-field comments

Mark Clattenburg and the Football Association were today both waiting to discover whether police would investigate allegations the referee used “inappropriate language” towards Chelsea stars John Obi Mikel and Juan Mata.

Clattenburg yesterday became the latest high-profile football figure to find himself the subject of an FA probe over on-field comments after the European champions made a formal complaint about what are understood to have been interpreted as racist remarks during their defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.