Published: December 05, 2019
- Lukaku accuses paper of ‘fuelling racism’
- Defiant director says front page was ‘innocent’
Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku have condemned Corriere dello Sport’s widely-criticised “Black Friday” headline on Thursday’s front page. The Italian newspaper ran the headline above a story featuring the former Manchester United players whose teams face each other in Serie A on Friday. Roma’s Smalling said the front page was “wrong and highly insensitive” while Internazionale’s Lukaku said the paper was “fuelling negativity and racism”.
“Whilst I would have liked to spend the day focusing on the big game tomorrow, it is important that I acknowledge that what occurred this morning was wrong and highly insensitive,” said Smalling in a statement on Twitter.
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