Lens Condemn Racist Abuse Of Allan Saint-maximin After Player’s Children Targeted In Mexico

The French nine Lens person condemned nan racist maltreatment aimed astatine caller signing Allan Saint-Maximin aft a erstwhile racist incident involving nan erstwhile Newcastle winger’s children ended his profession successful Mexico’s apical flight.

Saint-Maximin joined Lens connected a six-month woody during nan wintertime transportation window. He near Mexican broadside Club América, saying his children were nan victims of racist maltreatment there.

Lens said connected Tuesday that Saint-Maximin was astatine nan receiving extremity of a “flood of hateful and racist insults” connected societal media. “In response, nan nine has been forced to adjacent nan remark sections connected definite posts and will proceed to return each basal measures to make its societal media platforms safe and respectful spaces for expression,” Lens added. “As a civic-minded and committed club, Racing reaffirms its attachment to nan values of respect and tolerance, and stands alongside Allan and his loved ones, offering its afloat support.”

Saint-Maximin said past week his family was targeted and that protecting his children was his priority. “The problem is not nan colour of skin, it’s nan colour of thoughts. I americium being attacked, that’s not a problem. I person grown up, I person learned to conflict against attacks. But location is 1 point I will ne'er tolerate, and that is attacks connected my children,” Saint-Maximin wrote connected his societal media past week.

The 28-year-old winger played conscionable 16 convention matches pinch Club América and was successful nan first of a two-year statement that was signed past August. Neither he nor Club América went onto specifics astir nan onslaught connected his children.

Saint-Maximin moved to Mexico aft a one-year stint pinch Turkey’s Fenerbahce, who he joined connected indebtedness from Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahli. The Frenchman traveled to Mexico pinch his woman and his 3 children: 2 daughters named Lyana and Ninhia and a boy named Dayde.

“To those who dared to spell aft my children, fto maine opportunity this: you made a mistake,” Saint-Maximin said. “I will ever conflict to protect my family, and location is nary personification and nary threat that will ever frighten me. The only 1 I fearfulness connected this world is God.”

Saint-Maximin is simply a erstwhile France younker world and has played for Saint-Étienne, Monaco, Nice, and for 4 seasons astatine Newcastle successful nan Premier League.