Clichy: Limerick fans are not racist

The people of Limerick and Munster are not racist, French soccer star Gael Clichy tweeted yesterday.

The Manchester City defender was responding to supportive messages sent to him on Twitter after he claimed a banana was thrown onto the pitch as the English Premier League champions took on Limerick FC at Thomond Park on Sunday.

Yesterday he tweeted: “Hi to all the Irish football Lover, limerick and Munster fans. I will never put you guys in the same basket of this/those people.”