Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will tell Danny Rose next week not to give up in the fight against racism.
The Tottenham left-back has spoken openly about what he has experienced in his career, saying that he has had enough and wants to get out of football.
Rose was one of three players - along with Callum Hudson-Odoi and Raheem Sterling - that was subjected to racist chants during England's game in Montenegro last month and it is not the first time he has faced such discrimination.
“At the minute, how I programme myself is that I just think: ‘I’ve got five or six more years left in football and I just can’t wait to see the back of it.’ Seeing how things are done in the game at the minute … It’s just – whatever, isn’t it? I just want to get out of it."
Guardiola, however, urged the Tottenham star to keep fighting and will get a chance to say it in person when the teams meet next week for their Champions League quarter-final.
“Danny Rose has not to do that," he said. "Next Tuesday, if I see him, I will tell him the best way to fight, to combat this kind of terrible situation, is fighting, being there every day. He’s an extraordinary player."
Sterling has this week paid for 550 students from his old school near Wembley to watch the cup semi-final, and his manager was understandably appreciative of the decision.
“It’s an incredible gesture, nice, I think this kind of gesture makes a different society for everyone," he said. "Football players are human beings, these kind of gesture dignifies who he is, the club, everbody.”
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