James McClean questions Irish teammates' attitude to discrimination

James McClean questions Irish teammates' attitude to discrimination
James McClean. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

James McClean has contrasted football’s currently high-profile response to racism with what he regards as its comparative public silence – including, he says, among his Irish teammates – on the sectarian abuse to which the Derry man has been subjected during his career in England.

In a Facebook post, the Stoke City player condemned the recent racist abuse of his Irish teammate David McGoldrick and Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha as “vile” and “horrendous”.

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