Romelu Lukaku agent “ashamed” of ‘Black Friday’ headline and calls for stronger action against racism

Romelu Lukaku

The newspaper sparked outrage on Thursday when it published the headline alongside pictures of Lukaku and Roma defender Chris Smalling, ahead of Inter’s clash with the capital club in Serie A on Friday.

Lukaku has already been subjected to racist abuse this season, when he was the target of monkey chants by Cagliari fans in September.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.