Police are investigating after vile racist tweets were posted following England loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.
The tweets were allegedly posted by an employee of a top Manchester estate agents.
Savills, based on Booth Street in the city centre, issued a statement after posts were made last night (Sunday) just after 11pm.
They were allegedly made by a member of staff.
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One referred to three England players and another to domestic violence in the wake of the The Lions losing.
The company has launched its own internal inquiry.
In a statement, Greater Manchester Police confirmed they had received complaints about the post.
The force said: "GMP has received complaints about a social media post following the Italy v England Euro 2020 final at Wembley yesterday (11 July).
"Reports from across the UK are being collated by United Kingdom Football Policing Unit and The Metropolitan Police and will then be allocated to the relevant forces for further investigation if required."
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We are aware of a number of offensive and racist social media comments being directed towards footballers following the Euro 2020 final. This abuse is totally unacceptable, it will not be tolerated and it will be investigated."
In a statement, the company said: "Savills is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce. A full investigation will be carried out in regards to this unacceptable incident."
In a second statement later this morning, the company said: "Savills abhors and has zero tolerance to any form of racism and racial discrimination and is appalled by the racist comments in these tweets. Savills is immediately investigating and will take appropriate action."
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , the firm's head of office, James Evans, said: "We were made aware of these appalling tweets and we are shocked by what we have seen."
Asked if any member of staff had been suspended as a result of the tweets, he said: "We have to go through a proper procedure. We have to do it properly."
The M.E.N. understands the member of staff under investigation is from Manchester.
Mr Evans said it was anticipated the company would issue a further statement once the investigation concludes.
The Football Association issued a statement, saying they were "appalled" after a number of England players were subjected to racist abuse on social media following the loss on penalties to Italy.
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed from the spot on Sunday night as England lost 3-2 on penalties.
Their social media pages were targeted with racist comments while a mural of Rashford in Withington was defaced with graffiti.
The FA released a statement condemning the 'disgusting behaviour'.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also condemned the racist abuse, saying in a tweet: "This England team deserve to be lauded as heroes, not racially abused on social media. Those responsible for this appalling abuse should be ashamed of themselves."
A spokesperson for the FA said: “The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media.
“We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team. We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.
“We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.
“Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.”
