Aston Villa report ‘sickening’ racist abuse of Cork's Tyreik Wright to police

Messages received on the Corkman’s Instagram account have also been flagged to the social media platform

Tyreik Wright was subjected to rascist abuse on Instagram (Nigel French/PA)

Aston Villa have reported “sickening and abhorrent” online racist abuse of teenage winger Tyreik Wright to West Midlands Police.

The Premier League club said the messages received on the Corkman’s Instagram account had also been flagged to the social media platform.