James McClean: 'How do you tell your kids that daddy is hated so much?'

Stoke City's James McClean takes a knee before Tuesday night's win against Sheffield Wednesday. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

Nine years have passed since James McClean received his first death threat and not much has changed since.

On Wednesday morning, the Ireland international shared the latest example sent from a boy ("he looks about 13/14") to his brother Patrick, a professional footballer with Glentoran.