Liverpool Under-19s ‘walk off and refuse to play’ after Reds player was ‘racially abused’ during pre-season friendly against Eintracht Frankfurt… while German side insist their player was ‘misheard’

Liverpool Beneath-19s walked off the pitch throughout their pleasant in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt after alleged racist abuse.

A report from BILD states {that a} participant from Frankfurt’s Beneath-19 facet is alleged to have used a racist time period to insult a Liverpool participant.

The Liverpool and Frankfurt youth groups have been going through one another at a event within the metropolis of Schwabisch Corridor in Germany. 

Following the alleged incident the Liverpool refused to proceed taking part in and walked off the pitch.

The sport was subsequently deserted with the edges stage at 1-1, with Frankfurt being awarded a 3-0 win.

A participant from Frankfurt’s Beneath-19 facet is alleged to have used a racist time period to insult a Liverpool participant

Frankfurt sporting director Timmo Hardung claimed that the participant had been misheard.

Hardung mentioned that the participant used the slang time period ‘digga’, which implies ‘bro’ or ‘dude’.

Hardung instructed BILD: ‘Our total NLZ is like Eintracht Frankfurt, multicultural and we now have clear values ​​that we dwell by and consistently demand.

‘Racism has no place right here, however we nonetheless take such an accusation critically.’

Hardung added that ‘we are able to rule out racism’.

He mentioned: ‘After session, our participant confirmed that he had used the phrase ‘digga’, which is frequent in youth slang, in the middle of a standard sport. We have now little doubt that this assertion is right.

‘We are able to rule out racism, it’s a linguistic situation and we subsequently hope that we now have additionally cleared up the misunderstanding with the gamers involved and people accountable at Liverpool FC.’

Mail Sport has contacted Liverpool for remark.