An investigation has been launched at Stamford Bridge following the complaint from a Chelsea executive club member that a fellow wealthy supporter had loudly called Sturridge a 'monkey' during the Champions League game away at Belgian club Genk two weeks ago.
The inquiry is in addition to Chelsea's joint probe with the police and the Genk football authorities?to identify?the travelling fans at the same match who were chanting 'Anton? Ferdinand, you know what you are'.
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This was in moronic support of?the alleged? racist foul language from Chelsea captain John Terry, supposedly directed at QPR's Ferdinand, that?the?Metropolitan Police are investigating.
The Sturridge abuse came from the €100-a-seat section at the top of the main stand reserved for Chelsea's 300-strong group of well-heeled? executive club members and Samsung sponsors that included Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, and computer multi-millionaire Peter Harrison.
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One of the Chelsea fans sitting in that exclusive area is alleged to have shouted: 'They are? bringing on the monkeys' as striker Sturridge, 22, prepared to come on in the second half.
This so disgusted a Chelsea fan sitting nearby, who regularly travels abroad supporting the club, that he sent an email?to chief executive Ron Gourlay protesting about the racist invective aimed at Sturridge from a well-dressed, middle-aged man, who also joined in the unacceptable?Ferdinand chants.
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A Chelsea spokesman said: 'We have had a new complaint from a fan that we are taking very? seriously indeed. We are carrying out an immediate?investigation led by our head of security that is likely to involve the police as well. We will not tolerate any form of racism and have encouraged our supporters to help identify those responsible and we will track them down.'
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Source: Daily Mail
Source: Daily Mail