Chelsea star and defender, Marcos Alonso has boldly disclosed that taking the knee is “losing a bit of solidarity” as an anti racism gesture, saying he will end the signal from now on.
Players and staff across the Premier League have been taking the knee before matches since the 2019-20 season in June as a method of showing fortitude towards the Black Lives Matter development in it’s battle against racism.
However, Alonso accepts he has tracked down a superior method to show that he is “against each sort of discrimination” saying “I like to put my finger to the badge”.
This is what Alonso had to say to reporters;
”I am fully against racism and I’m against every type of discrimination, and I just prefer to put my finger to the badge where it says ”no racism”, like they do in some other sports and football in other countries.
I don’t know, I just prefer to do it this way. It’s my way to do it, I think it’s another way. And maybe I think it’s losing a bot of strength the other way, so I just prefer to do it this way and to show I am fully supportive of fighting against racism.”
In other news, FIFA have forced a two game arena ban and £160,000 fine on the Hungary Football Association for the bigoted maltreatment focused on England players during the recent World Cup qualifier.
World football’s administering body has announced that Hungary will play their next home game behind closed doors, with the second game of the ban suspended for a probationary period of 2 good years.
Hungary have additionally been hit with a whopping£160,000 fine, which shrouds by some distance past fines doled out to the country by FIFA.
Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were both designated with monkey chants when the game was ongoing, while England’s starting XI were completely booed for taking the knee before commencing the actual game.
FIFA affirmed it in an assertion which reads;
”The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a ban and a substancial fine on the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) in relation to the racist behaviour of numerous supporters during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match between Hungary and England on 2 September 202.
After analysing and taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, specifically the seriousness of the incidents (racist words and actions, throwing of objects, lighting of fireworks, blocked stairways), the Committee decided that the MLSZ would play its next two home matches in FIFA competitions without spectators, the second match being suspended for a probationary period of two years.
In addition, the Committee imposed a fne of CHF 200,000.
FIFA’s p[position remains firm and resolute in rejecting any form of racism and violence as well as any other form of discrimination or abuse.