Port Vale striker Tom Pope has apologised over what some observers perceived to be an anti-Semitic social media post. The player was asked on Twitter to 'predict the WWIII result' after scoring in his side's 4-1 FA Cup defeat to Manchester City. 'If I have caused offence to anyone, I'd like to apologise enormously as this was never my intention.' A statement from Pope published by his club on Monday stated that he was 'unaware of any link between the Rothschild family and the Jewish community'. The statement from Pope read: 'Following the reaction to my response on Twitter about the Rothschilds, I was unaware of any link between the Rothchild (sic) family and the Jewish community.

Source: Daily Mail January 06, 2020 15:33 UTC