Demba Ba calls on all black players to boycott Italy’s Serie A after Inter Milan fans defend sick monkey chants at Lukaku
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SERIE A should be boycotted by black players to make a serious stand against racism, Demba Ba has stated.
The fallout to the sick abuse of Romelu Lukaku continues with Ba responding to a baffling statement by an Inter Milan fans group that defended Cagliari insults aimed at the Belgian.
Ba has now spoken out over the latest racism row to hit football this season.
The Senegal forward revealed on Wednesday that he has always rejected opportunities to play in Italy precisely because of the racism issue.
He wrote on Twitter: "And here's the reason why I decided not to play there when I could...
";And at that point I wish all the black players would get out of this league!
"Surely it won't stop their stupidity and hate but at least they won't affect other races."
Inter ultras group Curva Nord insisted that vile monkey chants aimed at Lukaku by Cagliari fans as he took a penalty at the weekend were merely a tool to put him off.
Their statement claimed: "We understand that it could have seemed racist to you but it is not like that.
"In Italy we use some 'ways' only to 'help our teams' and to try to make our opponents nervous, not for racism but to mess them up.
"We are not racist and so are not the Cagliari fans."
ABSENCE OF AUTHORITY
Cagliari are yet to be punished for their abuse of Lukaku despite the overwhelming response across the footballing world.
Serie A's disciplinary judge has called for more evidence before deciding on whether to punish the Sardinian club's fans for racism.
In fact, the word "racism" didn't even feature in Gerardo Mastrandrea's weekly report.
The league has an appalling record of condemning supporters who target black players.
Similar incidents involving Cagliari abusing Moise Kean, Blaise Matuidi and Sulley Muntari in the past couple of years were also swept under the rug.
Italy legend Leonardo Bonucci even said young forward Kean was "50/50" responsible when Cagliari fans rained monkey chants down on him following a goal for Juventus last season.
Lukaku was visibly unhappy with the chants levelled at him last weekend and called upon social media platforms to crack down on racist behaviour brewing online.
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He stated: "Football is a game to be enjoyed by everyone and we shouldn't accept any form of discrimination that will put our game in shame.
"I hope the football federations all over the world react strongly on all cases of discrimination!
"Social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) need to work better as well with football clubs because every day you see at least a racist comment under a post of a person of colour."