Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta has blasted social media trolls who sent sickening abuse to striker Kai Havertz’s pregnant wife after Arsenal crashed out of the FA Cup.
Havertz missed a penalty in Arsenal’s FA Cup shootout defeat
against Manchester United on Sunday, January 12, after which his
pregnant wife, Sophia, reposted two abhorrent messages she had received on
Instagram.
Some of the messages targeted her pregnancy and she described one remark
as ‘shocking’ before adding ‘I hope you are so ashamed of yourself’.
Arsenal have reported the abuse to the police and are working with
specialist data firm Signify to identify the culprits.
Ahead of Arsenal’s north London derby clash
against Tottenham on Wednesday, Arteta said: ‘It’s incredible,
honestly. We really have to do something about it, because accepting that and
hiding this has terrible consequences.
‘It’s something we have to eradicate from the game because it’s so
cynical and dependent to a result of an action. There is no other industry like
this.
‘When we played Ipswich on December 27, we win 1-0 and Kai Havertz
scores. The whole stadium after that is singing the ‘Waka, Waka’ (his chant).
That was 20 days ago. Where is the perspective?
‘We are all responsible. You guys (the media) are responsible, everybody
is responsible for the narrative and how we talk. We cannot look somewhere
else. That’s a really serious matter. It affects me. It affects him and
everybody that is in the industry.
‘We can accept it and say that’s our job, but there are certain limits and the line has to be drawn. We put a lot of attention on technology and what is next in football. What is next in football is that this should be prohibited. It cannot happen. That’s it.’
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