Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford received racist comments on social media after a penalty shootout in the European Championship final.
Gareth Southgate admits he has it on his mind when he chooses who to impose sanctions in the future.
“I have to admit it didn’t cross my mind before, but he will now,” the England captain told British media.
England lost the European Championship final to Italy at Wemblev last summer on penalties.
Police received reports of 600 racist comments sent to players. In August, 11 people were arrested for their involvement.
Make it more difficult
Gareth Southgate He says he can’t choose the criminals as to what will happen if they get it wrong, he must think they set their punishments. At the same time, increased pressure can affect them.
– We’ve talked about sanctions and everything else for 55 years. Now we have another layer that makes it more complicated and will make it very difficult for us to win anything, says Gareth Southgate.
‘distasteful and unacceptable’
He himself missed a crucial penalty in the semi-final against Germany at the European Championship in 1996 and was mocked and ridiculed. According to him, it is also different to mix with racism.
– It makes me feel bad when I think about it. Gareth Southgate says racism is abhorrent and unacceptable.
England lost 1-0 to Hungary in Budapest, Germany awaits next in Munich on Tuesday night.
