Michy Batshuayi blasts Uefa’s decision to drop probe into alleged monkey chants from Atalanta fans
Dortmund striker, on loan from Chelsea, claims he was racially abused in Italy during the second leg of the last-32 tie
FURIOUS Michy Batshuayi has blasted Uefa's decision to drop their probe after alleging Atalanta fans aimed monkey chants at him.
The Borussia Dortmund striker, on loan from Chelsea, claims he was racially abused in Italy during the second leg of a Europa League last-32 tie on February 22.
Uefa charged Atlanta with racism but European football's governing body have announced they have decided "to close the disciplinary proceedings opened for racist or discriminatory behaviour."
Upon seeing the news, Batshuayi tweeted: "LOL. Must be my imagination."
He added: "It's just monkey noise who cares? 2018 guys..."
Atalanta were fined 34,000 euros (£30,000) and Dortmund 40,000 (£35,000) for crowd disturbances during the Europa League clash in Italy.
Upon hearing that the Serie A club's fans were being investigated, Batshuayi initially tweeted last month: "A couple idiots should never make us forget why we love football. Let's clean our stadiums and play the beautiful game."
He was then racially abused by Twitter users.
The 24-year-old had previously condemned the Italian fans' actions at Reggio Emilia's Mapei Stadium.
He tweeted: "2018 and still racists monkey noises in the stands... really ?!
"Hope you have fun watching the rest of @EuropaLeague on TV while we are through #SayNoToRacism #GoWatchBlackPanther."
Batshuayi played the entire 90 minutes of the second leg as substitute Marcel Schmelzer's 82nd-minute equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw that sent Dortmund into the last 16 with a 4-3 aggregate win.