Livingston have hit out at racist abuse aimed at new signing Esmael Goncalves.
The club announced the signing of the 30-year-old Guinea-Bissau international earlier this afternoon.
Goncalves, who arrives from Sheik Russel FC in Bangladesh, has previously spent time in Scotland with St Mirren and Hearts.
A tweet in reply to our sister website Football Scotland’s story on the signing contained a racial slur and the club have released a statement calling on the Twitter user to be ‘punished accordingly'.
The statement read: “The club is aware of a tweet containing racial abuse aimed at new signing Esmaël Gonçalves.
“We’ll be following the relevant protocol to ensure this is dealt with appropriately and pushing to ensure the Twitter user is punished accordingly.”
Livingston assistant-manager Marvin Bartley, who is an equality adviser to the Scottish Football Association responded directly to the tweet saying: “So this is where we are, people will come out and racially abuse others without any care or consideration. You my friend are an absolute disgrace and I know your fan base will be ashamed of you. Lack of accountability on social media has made it a cesspit! #DoBetter”.
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