Mikel Obi Faces Racial Abuse In Turkey

He did not racially abuse me, Mikel told AOIFootball.com. It was just the match tension which caused a little spur of the moment. We just had an argument, but everything is fine now,” He added.

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Nevertheless, Trabzonspor have revealed they have filed a criminal complaint, and they expect the culprits to be fished out.

In a statement on their official Twitter page, the club condemned the act, saying there’s no room for racism in football.

Racism is a shelter for helpless and ignorant. We condemn the racist attacks against our player Obi Mikel after the match against Fenerbahçe and we bring to the public attention that a criminal complaint has been filed against the assailants.