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Portsmouth have released three players from their academy following alleged racist comments made in a group chat following England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.
The League One side began an investigation after images appeared on social media of posts from a private conversation among a number of under-18 players.
Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were all racially abused after missing their penalties in the shoot-out and the three players were the subject of the comments made in the conversation.
Portsmouth have released three players from their academy following alleged racist comments made in a group chat following England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy
Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were all racially abused after missing their penalties in the shoot-out and the three players were the subject of the comments made in the conversation
One message read: '[Marcus] Rashford is getting lynched,' while another said: 'All black ones missed.' Monkey emojis were also used.
Another wrote ‘houses are getting bombed’ and ‘death threats immediately’ while one said: 'F*** the n*****s absolute c****s.'
Disciplinary action was instigated once it was concluded there was a case to answer and as a result of that three youngsters have been released.
A statement from Portsmouth read: 'We can confirm that a decision has been made today to release three players from the academy. These players do