A Czech-based chief of an official Rangers sponsor has revealed his disgust at the treatment of Glen Kamara in Thursday night’s clash against Sparta Prague.
Tomket Tires owner Radek Grill took the opportunity to watch the club his company agreed a sleeve deal with last year.
And he told of the shocking comment he overheard as he left the Letna Stadium where a mum told her children she was glad that “monkey” Kamara was shown a red card.
That is the same sickening slur used by Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela at Ibrox last season and resulted in so much focus on the Finnish international.
Kamara was booed every time he touched the ball up until his dismissal for a second yellow card in his side’s 1-0 Europa League defeat.
The match was due to be played behind closed doors after racist abuse from Sparta Prague fans in a Champions League qualifier against Monaco earlier this season.
But UEFA relaxed that to allow supervised school kids in but that move backfired with Gers black players jeered and youngsters even pictured with a ‘Kudela Team’ placard - despite him playing for their fierce rivals Slavia.
Grill was left disillusioned by the whole night after being invited to attend the game by the Scottish champions due to his official tie-up.
The businessman told Czech news outlet Budejka Drbna: “Unfortunately, I have to confirm it.
“When we were leaving the stadium, we met a mother who said to her children: 'It's a good thing that monkey got expelled.'
"That's what I can say. I was there with my wife, who was not born in the Czech Republic, and I didn't have the strength to comment.
“I am ashamed of being Czech. I'm ashamed, it's terribly sad. Football-wise, it was a nice game.
“We talked with the club representatives mainly about football. By the way, they were very pleased with the reception from Sparta. Sparta was certainly a good host.”
