Stan Collymore highlights racist abuse towards Patrice Evra on Twitter

Patrice Evra has been subject to a swath of racist abuse on Twitter in the wake of Luis Suárez receiving an eight-match ban for insulting language that included a reference to Evra’s skin colour.

The level and intensity of the abuse has prompted Stan Collymore, the TalkSport presenter and former Liverpool and Nottingham Forest striker, to highlight it on his own Twitter page to emphasise that racism remains a big issue in football.

“Have a look at my favourites. Tell me Twitter shouldn’t do something,” Collymore tweeted on Friday, followed shortly afterwards with: “Just have

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