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Player quits club over racist abuse
0 Comments | AFP, November, 2007
BRUSSELS (AFP) — A black African player at FC Brussels has walked out after allegedly being racially abused by the Belgian club's president Johan Vermeersch.
According to Zola Matumona's lawyer, the Congolese secured a release from his contract following: "racist and xenophobic abuse dished out in front of players and coaching staff."
Vermeersch lambasted his players for their poor performances but during his rebuke he reportedly told Matumona to think about other things than "trees and bananas."
The incident has seen the club's kit sponsor, South Korean car manufacturer Kia tear up their contract with FC Brussels.
"This incident is such that we can no longer have our image associated with the Brussels club," said Kia's regional manager Benoit...
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