Italian journalist banned following racist remarks on Inter Milan's Lukaku

Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:09:am Sports 2.4K By Afam Jude Offor

Romelu Lukaku has got an Italian commentator Luciano Passirani sacked on his behalf after the journalist made racist remarks about the Inter Milan forward.        

                The former Manchester United striker was a guest in a talk show called TopCalcio24 hosted by Passirani. And the Italian commentator went on to suggest that the only way to stop Lukaku from making his way past defenders could be to "give him ten bananas" in order to out-muscle him. He said: "I don't see in the Italian league a player like Lukaku in any team, not in AC Milan, Inter, Rome, Lazio. "He's one of the strongest and I like him a lot because he's one of the strongest, he's at least twice as strong as (Duvan) Zapata from Atalanta. These players have something more than the others, these are the guys who make the goals and drag the team. "If they go one-on-one with you you're dead, you fall to the ground. The only way to out-muscle him is to give him ten bananas to eat." Passiriani tried to play down the joke and quickly apologized he did not intend to be racist. But he was immediately kicked out after TV channel director Fabio Ravezzani appeared on-air to immediately issue an apology to Lukaku and confirmed Parssirani would never appear on the network again. Luakku later tweeted: "Only a fraction of the transmission was spread widely, cutting off the guest's subsequent apology that he had a moment of unpredictable confusion thinking of making a joke. Lukaku was racially abused during Inter Milan's 2-1 away win at Cagliari as fans made monkey chants at the striker when he stepped up to take a penalty.

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