EXCLUSIVE: Second Chelsea fan who racially abused Yaya Toure apologises to the Daily Star
Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2014 by Dailystar.co.uk
THE second Twitter troll who racially abused Manchester City's Yaya Toure has apologised via the Daily Star.
ABUSED: Yaya Toure was subjected to racial abuse on Twitter yesterday evening [GETTY]
The Chelsea supporter tweeted the abuse to Toure moments after the Ivory Coast international rejoined the social networking site yesterday evening.
Under the username @CFCZone, he tweeted: "@YayaToure shut up you fat ebola infected n** n** go back to the cotton field you f****** reject."
The troll immediately deleted the tweet and shortly afterwards closed the account.
Earlier today, the man who claims to be the owner of the account contacted Starsport to apologise for his outburst.
Tweeting from the account @Mikelesque, he said: "I'd like to apologise for my racist tweet against Yaya Toure. I've tweeted it from CFCZone and have closed the account and I've deleted the tweet right after all the reactions came in mentions.
VILE: The abuse @CFCZone sent to Toure [GETTY]
"I'd like top point out that I'm not a racist and I sincerely apologise to Yaya Toure and all that were offended. I lost my head.
"I will NEVER do such a thing ever again and will definitely report if I find someone else that is being racist."
The Blues fan also revealed to Starsport that he and the first troll IconicLamps contacted anti-discrimination group KickItOut earlier today to apologise for their behaviour.
City have refused to commented on the matter, but earlier today Toure opened up about the abuse.
APOLOGY: The man behind the @CFCZone account apologises for the abuse [DAILY STAR]
Speaking to the BBC, the 31-year-old said: "For me, it's a disgrace to be honest. "We need to do something to try to tell people those kinds of behaviour have to stop.
"I want those people to understand what they're doing is wrong.
"Football doesn't have a colour. We're just people from all over the world trying to enjoy the game.
The E-mail the troll sent to Starsport confirming he had apologised to KickItOut [DAILY STAR]
"I never see this in rugby, I never see that in tennis or anything else. I don't know where it's coming from."
Great Manchester Police have confirmed they will be launching a full investigation into the matter after receiving 'a number of complaints' regarding the tweets.
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