Semenyo Wants Jail And Life Bans As Racist Abuse Punishments

Bournemouth guardant Antoine Semenyo says much should beryllium done to tackle racism successful football, including imaginable situation sentences for those convicted of abuse.

Semenyo reported that he was racially abused by a spectator during his side's 4-2 conclusion by Liverpool connected nan opening time of nan Premier League season.

The lucifer was concisely paused while referee Anthony Taylor explained nan allegations to some teams' managers and captains.

Speaking to ITV News,, external nan 25-year-old said "there has to beryllium thing else" that authorities tin do.

"Whatever nan Premier League are doing, it's not capable and there's much that request to beryllium done," he said.

Merseyside constabulary arrested a 47-year-old man from Liverpool connected suspicion of a racially aggravated nationalist bid offence. He appeared successful tribunal and is now barred from each shot stadium successful nan UK arsenic portion of his bail conditions.

When asked what a maximum reward should beryllium for anyone convicted of group abuse, Semenyo said: "It could beryllium jailhouse time, it could beryllium banned from stadiums for a lifetime, it could beryllium thing on nan lines of that, but I consciousness for illustration location has to beryllium thing else."

Semenyo scored doubly during nan 2nd half against Liverpool, aft reporting his concerns to nan referee.

He said footballers cannot understand why incidents of racism successful stadiums person been truthful widespread, adding that they "want to cognize why it keeps happening".

The Ghana world besides said he was racially abused online instantly aft nan lucifer astatine Liverpool.

"Someone has felt nan request to travel online and do that, truthful that made maine angry, to beryllium honest. Why would you want to do that?" he said.

A time aft Semenyo reported nan alleged maltreatment astatine Anfield, Premier League main executive Richard Masters told BBC Sport nan authorities would support pushing to banish racism from nan game.

Masters said: "If you are recovered to beryllium utilizing discriminatory connection wrong a shot crushed you will beryllium ejected, 2nd you will beryllium banned and 3rd you whitethorn look criminal charges.

"No Premier League footballer should ever person to, successful their workplace aliases online, suffer that benignant of abuse. It is important that we support saying that."