Sunderland have promised “the strongest attainable motion” after Romaine Mundle stated he had been focused by on-line racist abuse.
The 21-year-old midfielder shared a discriminatory submit despatched to him on his Instagram account after Saturday’s 1-0 house defeat by Championship strugglers Hull.
Sunderland stated that they had a zero-tolerance coverage towards all types of discrimination and vowed to trace down and punish these accountable.
“The membership will proceed to work with the authorities and the EFL to make sure the well-being of our gamers and employees,” they stated in a press release.
“We will even proceed to report all types of on-line discrimination to [Instagram owners] Meta and urge them to do extra to take away this unacceptable behaviour from their platforms.
“It has no place in our recreation or society and we are going to help the strongest attainable motion towards these accountable.”
