Hammers respond after moronic Salah abuse

The supporter was filmed on a mobile phone from a section of home supporters and the footage, taken by a Liverpool fan in the West Ham end, shows expletives directed at Salah including about his Muslim religion.

In a statement, West Ham said they have “a zero tolerance policy to any form of violent or abusive behaviour”.

It continued: “We are an inclusive football club. Anyone identified committing an offence will have their details passed to the police and will face a lifetime ban from London Stadium.

“There is no place for this kind of behaviour at our stadium.”

The Liverpool fan who posted the video on Twitter said: “I was disgusted by what I was hearing. People like this deserve no place in our society let alone football matches.”

Police are aware of the incident.

“We are dismayed to see yet another high-profile incident of discrimination in English football,” anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out said in a statement.

“We are pleased that West Ham officials have expressed their determination to identify the supporter and take firm action – this type of behaviour is simply unacceptable and must be challenged swiftly and decisively.”

ClaretandHugh says: Having seen the video – which we have no intention of displaying on this site – one thing needs to be said straight away. This is a one-man’s outburst which demonstrates the moronic behaviour of some football fans that all true followers of the game despise. However, we have to be realistic and ask  just how a football club or any other organisation can stop one person among a crowd of 60,000 from shouting his poison – which didn’t even amount to a chant. That defies imagination. There was no chanting, no sort of organised abuse demonstration, just the one, possibly two or three, demonstrating their ignorance and loathsome attitudes. That police, and no doubt, the footballing authorities no doubt have been notified is a given but let there be no talk of an investigation into West Ham because quite frankly that would be outrageous. I wonder what the individual with the mouth would think were the Hammers to sign Salah – no doubt welcome him with open arms!