BREAKING NEWS;Luton Town’s Elijah Adebayo reports racist abuse in Sunderland game

LUTON TOWN have reported a racist comment sent to forward Elijah Adebayo on social media during Wednesday night’s Championship match against Sunderland.

The Hatters forward had been subjected to racist abuse last season while playing in the Premier League, which at the time left Adebayo “tired” and contemplating not reporting the matter over his disillusionment.

Luton said the latest incident had been reported to both the police and social media company Meta, with the latter confirming today the account in question had been disabled and that it was in contact with the club.

A club statement under the headline “Is it ever going to stop?” read: “Twelve months ago Elijah Adebayo was subjected to racist abuse on social media. A wave of vile and disgusting messages pouring into his account from faceless racists. Fast forward a year later and it has happened again.

“At 8.28pm BST on Wednesday evening, an account in the UK on Instagram messaged Elijah with a racist comment.

“After Elijah notified us following last night’s game with Sunderland, in which he scored his first goal of the season, we reported the incident to the police and to Meta. It is now being investigated.

“Just like we said a year ago, and just like we will do whenever a player or staff member is subjected to abuse, we will stand by and support Elijah unequivocally.

“To the individual who cowardly dropped into Elijah’s DMs (direct messages): We know who you are and you know who you are. You’re not a faceless account, one which we have sadly become accustomed to reporting in recent years.

“But as if you have the balls to come to Kenilworth Road and say it to his face. We dare you. If you do, you will be faced with everyone at Luton Town Football Club, standing side-by-side with Elijah.