Yahudi Diledek Balotelli via Instagram, FA Siapkan Investigasi
Balotelli Anti-Semitic Message in Social Media Post to be Investigated
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
London (B2B) - Pemain depan Liverpool Mario Balotelli akan menjalani pemeriksaan oleh Asosiasi Sepak Bola Inggris (FA) karena ada potensi rasial dan anti-Semitis dalam media sosialnya, demikian dilaporkan media lokal Inggris, Senin.
Pemain sepak bola dari Italia itu kemudian menghapus posting dalam halaman Instagram-nya.
"Kami sudah melihat postingnya sudah dihapus pemain itu," kata juru bicara Liverpool kepada BBC, "Kami akan membahas isu itu dengan pemain kami."
Mantan eksekutif FA Simon Johnson, kini ketua eksekutif Dewan Petinggi Jahudi, mengatakan pemain berusia 24 tahun itu harus dihukum.
"Kami tidak menyukai sikap rasial, dimanapun," katanya seperti dilaporkan The Daily Telegraph yang dilansir Yahoo Sports.
"Kami meminta FA agar menyelidiki hal ini dan mengambil tindakan bila mereka menginginkan masalah rasial ditendang dari dunia sepak bola," katanya lagi.
London - Liverpool forward Mario Balotelli is to be investigated by the Football Association (FA) for a potentially racist and anti-Semitic social media post, British media reported on Monday.
The Italian later deleted the post from his Instagram page.
"We are aware of the posting which has since been promptly deleted by the player," a Liverpool spokesman told the BBC. "We will be speaking to the player about the issue."
Former FA executive Simon Johnson, who is the chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, said the 24-year-old should be punished.
"We abhor all forms of racism, wherever it is found," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
"We call upon the FA to investigate this offensive social media post and to take action if appropriate if we are to succeed in kicking racism out of football."
