Premier League players to switch Black Lives Matter to No Room For Racism slogan

The BLM movement in the UK has been criticised over accusations of anti-Semitism and calls to defund the police.

A general view of play in front of a Black Lives Matter banner. Picture: Ian Walton/PA

Premier League clubs’ shirts will not carry the Black Lives Matter slogan in the coming season, the league has announced.

Shirts will instead feature a patch promoting the league’s own anti-discrimination campaign No Room For Racism.