French Soccer Star Adil Rami Alleges Racist Abuse in Ligue 1 Match

Adil Rami admits to having faced many racist insults throughout his career. In an Instagram story, he says he was called a "dirty Arab". A post that he will delete because "full of mistakes," according to his words. On Wednesday, September 23, he returned to the issue with much more details about the match during which he was insulted. "I’m not attacking the club, but one or more nasty people who deserve to be denounced. People are ready to go beyond limits to intimidate you, annoy you or weaken you," he explains.

He already specifies to those who might accuse him of only speaking up now that he likes to add samurai sauce to his dishes. He did not give the name of the player in question, even though he had promised to do so in the deleted post, the same source specifies.