Spurs being pursued on Adebayor racist chants

ANTI-RACISM campaigners Kick It Out yesterday revealed they had contacted UEFA to express concern over the abuse suffered by Emmanuel Adebayor during Real Madrid’s Champions League win over Tottenham.

Former Arsenal striker Adebayor was the victim of offensive chants during Tuesday night’s quarter-final first leg, with Kick it Out chairman Herman Ouseley claiming the chants made had “racial undertones.”

“If you asked Spurs’ black players if it was something they would find inoffensive if it was sung about them, I think you wouldn’t find a different result.

“If they sing it next week in the return game, there’ll be problems.

Tottenham have vehemently denied they made racist chants and are unlikely to face any action from UEFA, who confirmed there was “nothing in the delegate’s report” that would trigger an investigation from European football’s governing body.

But Kick It Out have been in touch both with UEFA and the Football Against Racism Europe (FARE) network and have also given their support to Adebayor.

Ouseley said: “We have pursued this matter with our partners at the FARE network, and UEFA. So we wait and see.”

A club whose supporters are deemed guilty of racist chanting can be fined a minimum of £20,000 but Spurs will not be charged unless UEFA receive official notification of an offence from stadium security or the police.

The club accept the abuse directed at Adebayor was offensive but they are adamant the chant with the words, “Your dad washes elephants, your mother’s a whore”, is not racist in nature.