Rhian reveals Gibbs-White racist abuse

The striker – just 17 – recalled at least seven incidents of racist abuse during his career, five of them in the last year, including one targeted at Wolves starlet Gibbs-White, who used to attend Thomas Telford school.

In his interview with the Guardian, Brewster spoke about Gibbs-White being called a ‘monkey’ in the Under-17 World Cup final against Spain, which England won with both Gibbs-White and Brewster on the scoresheet.

“Something happened in the box. As Morgan was running away, he (a Spain player) has called him a monkey,” Brewster said. “It was a goal-kick and I was getting into position. ‘Morgan,’ I said, ‘did you hear that?’ He said: ‘Yeah, yeah, I thought I was the only one.’”

The Football Association reported the incident to FIFA and followed that up last month with further evidence but, as yet, have not been informed whether or not any action will be taken.

And Brewster believes complaints need to be dealt with better by the authorities – particularly UEFA, who failed to take action on several occasions when the striker was representing England and Liverpool.

“I don’t think UEFA take this seriously,” he added.

In a statement released last night, the FA said: “We take such matters extremely seriously and have worked to provide support to our young players should they be the victims of such abhorrent behaviour while representing club or country.

“We have delivered workshops with our development teams, educating the squads on how to report such matters and the steps to take if subjected to abuse on the pitch.

“In Rhian’s case, we have visited him at his club to discuss his concerns and understand his frustration at the perceived lack of action.

“He has our full support and we will continue to push for appropriate responses from the relevant authorities.”