Manchester City are considering their next move in the wake of the racism row which blew up out of their elite development squad’s friendly in Croatia.

Manchester City youth team coach Patrick Vieira has been praised for taking his players off the pitch after an alleged racist incident in a pre-season friendly.

A friendly match between Manchester City’s elite development under-21 team and Croatian side HNK Rijeka has been cancelled after one of City’s players was allegedly racially abused by an opposition player.

ON the train down to Mannheim, the morning after watching Brazil do just enough to edge out Croatia in the Olympiastadion in Berlin, we fell in with a friendly group of Croatian Football Association staff in the restaurant car.

Liverpool defender Igor Biscan’s decision to turn his back on Croatia has resulted in a six-month international ban for the 25-year-old.