It also emerged that a mural of Rashford in Manchester had been subjected to racially aggravated damage. The mural, erected close to where Rashford grew up, had been commissioned in recognition of the player’s remarkable campaigning on child food poverty. There has long been a nasty, vindictive minority among the England national team’s support. Boris Johnson rightly described the abuse of Saka, Rashford and Sancho as “appalling”. There are plans on Tuesday for a “solidarity meet-up” at the defaced Rashford mural in Manchester.

Source: The Guardian July 12, 2021 18:11 UTC