Bale on Monday expressed support for his ex-teammate, Vinicius Jr whom they shared the pitch 27 times at Real Madrid
By Kehinde Okeowo
Ex-Wales winger and former Real Madrid forward, Gareth Bale, has told La Liga officials to take conscious and serious actions that will help to stop racism in the Spanish league.
Bale made this known via a message he shared on his social media page after Vinicius Jr was racially abused at Valencia on Sunday.
TheNiche reported that Brazil international, Vinicius Jr lashed out at La Liga and ‘racists’ in Spain after he was subjected to racist chants from the stands during his team’s 1-0 loss against Valencia.
The incensed 22-year-old, after the incident, took to Twitter to vent his frustration and brand Spain a ‘country of racists’.
He wrote: “It wasn’t the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in La Liga.
“The competition thinks it’s normal, the Federation does too and the opponents encourage it. I’m so sorry.
“The championship that once belonged to Ronaldinho, Ronaldo [Nazario], Cristiano [Ronaldo] and [Lionel] Messi, today belongs to racists. A beautiful nation, which welcomed me and which I love, but which agreed to export the image of a racist country to the world”
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Bale, while addressing the issue in a message shared on his Instagram page on Monday night, expressed support for his former teammate and urged La Liga to take action against racism.
The Welshman posted two of
Vinicius Jr photos and captioned them:
“Racism has no place in football or society! La Liga needs to take serious and unequivocal action to stop this from happening.
“All my support to Vinicius Junior.”
Bale and Vinicius Jnr shared the pitch 27 times while the former was at Real Madrid.
