Vincent Kompany has shared his views on why racism is such a problem in football in wake of Belgian national team teammate Romelu Lukaku being subjected to racial abuse in Inter’s match against Cagliari on Sunday.
“Romelu has been a victim of something disgraceful not just in football, but also in society. It goes back to who is expected to make a decision on these issues, and it’s in these organisations that the problems lie,” the Anderlecht player-manager told Sky Sports News.
The experienced central defender believes that lack of diversity is largely to blame.
“The real racism lies in the fact none of these institutions have representatives that can actually understand what Romelu is going through.
“You are dealing with a crowd of people and decision-makers who are telling him how he should think and feel about this when you have no decision-makers who are remotely in touch with what he has experienced in his life.
“That’s the real issue – if you go through the boards at UEFA or FIFA, the Italian League or the English League, there is a real lack of diversity.
“If you don’t have diversity in places of power like boardrooms then you can’t have the right decisions in terms of sanctions – it’s a simple as that.”
