The youngster who was born in Amsterdam left the country at a very young age to live in England where he joined their youth team.
Whiles at the club, he opines that they were taken to Rome for a youth tournament when to his amazement he was racially abused. According to him, he was very surprised because he was only playing his football and had not offended anyone.
“When I was at City, I went to a tournament in Italy and their fans were making monkey chants. But I tried not to let it bother me and I still played on.
“I think it was in Rome. It was just at the end of the game and I was thinking: ‘It is a game of football, what has the colour of my skin got to do with it’?
“I thought: ‘I am just kicking the ball, what makes you so angry’?
“This must have been Under-11s. And it wasn’t just me, my team-mates were getting it as well, Frimpong, now 18 years old recounted in a pre-match interview ahead of the game against Lazio in the Uefa Europa League tomorrow.
He added, “Racism used to be a lot worse back in the day and I think it is getting better now.
“There is always going to be racism. But it has been getting better. It has been coming back a little bit, but generally, I think it has been improving.”
The highly-rated right-back is expected to be in the lineup of Celtic when they host Lazio at the Celtic Park on Thursday night. Read Full Story
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