Former Arsenal star Wright reveals racist abuse

Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright has been subjected to a barrage of racist abuse on social media.

Leading anti-racism charities condemned the sickening incident after Wright went public with the messages on Monday.

An Instagram user messaged Wright with racist taunts and the 56-year-old, who also played for Crystal Palace and West Ham, took to Twitter to expose the abuse.

One of the messages to Wright read: "You're like 65 years old. If I get corona I will cough in your face and give you your death sentence."
Wright said: "I know I'm not meant to look at them but these messages still hit me so hard man. This is a child!!!
"It shows racism is society's problem and unfortunately it has been on the rise. People having been staying at home but it doesn't stop them abusing people on social media and this is a shocking example of that."