New Delhi: The very fact that many football players have shown their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and that so many black players have made the grade makes former Arsenal manager Arsne Wenger believe that the sport does not suffer from racism.
he killing of unarmed black man George Floyd by a white policeman in Minneapolis last month has prompted a wave of protests across the world and focussed attention on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Frenchman Wenger who coached Arsenal for a record 21 years, opined that football is a non-racist sport and he wants the society, in general, to learn from it.
“I would say football is by essence anti-racist,” Wenger was quoted as saying in an exclusive interview with BeIN Sport.
“Why? Because you know that no matter if you’re the son of the King of England or if you’re black or white or red – if you’re good you play.
“And I would even say that football is an example of how the whole of society should work, because it’s only based on merit and quality. If you’re good enough, you play.
“Inside the game, there’s no racism. Around football and in the stands it happens and we’ve seen it again in England with the national team away games.”
