STEVEN GERRARD’s handling of Glen Kamara’s racist incident against Slavid Prague stunned former Premier League footballer Anton Ferdinand.
Rangers as Kamara was hatefully called “monkey” by Ondrej Kudela when Slavia beat Ibrox in the Europa League nearly a year ago.
The Czech national team received a minimum of 10 match bans from UEFA for violation, so they missed the entire Euro 2020.
Gerrard remained with his player throughout the ordeal.
And this is something that according to Ferdinand could break the mold among the rulers and face such terrible situations.
Ferdinand said at Birmingham’s Include Summit: “I’ve never seen a manager protect a player when it comes to racism like Steven Gerrard does.
“You are talking about this generation and people like Steven Gerrard are generating and leading this level of involvement and support on a difficult issue to talk about, especially as a white man.
“I think Frank Lampard would have done the same, I think Wayne Rooney would have done the same.
“I think they are not just football coaches, they are managing resources, as they move through time, train and understand that they are managing people. people.”
Ferdinand had to deal with racial abuse on the ground. John Terry was banned from four matches and fined £ 220,000 for language used by the defender in a match between Chelsea and QPR.
He explained that when it comes to discrimination, the victim can often face tougher consequences.
“When it comes to racism, the victim is always the person who feels like the aggressor.
“Previously (Terry’s thing) I played 11 years in the Premier League. After the accident, I played 13 times in the Premier League and then never again.
“I had to go to Turkey because the managers who knew me and those who knew my friends and family didn’t want to touch me. Not that they didn’t want to touch me, the club (they didn’t). not done).
“This is because when this club would play Chelsea or John Terry, they would have to talk about something they didn’t want to talk about the club: racism.
“Besides, I haven’t talked, so it happens and I’m not even defending myself. I get put in a box (perception), ‘Wrong egg, it, it, it’. Honestly, he made me feel like I was against football. ”
Source: Herald Scotland
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