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It's 2019 and football is still being plagued by racism.

Any form of racial abuse, or abuse of any other kind for that matter, definitely has no place in the modern society, yet it continues to persist in football.

But for all the world's efforts to abolish it, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Arsenal's young star-in-making currently playing his football at German second-tier side Vfl Bochum, has unfortunately been the latest victim of said discrimination.

According to the Mirror's latest report, the 20-year-old defender was racially abused and left in tears during the game against Swiss side St Gallen on Tuesday.

The Bochum loanee has taken to

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Alex Iwobi and Jadon Sancho were among the first superstars to reply to his snap. The Borussia Dortmund ace told the youngster that he should never stop while his Arsenal colleague shared a couple of emojis for support.

There were many others, mostly Arsenal youngsters, who did the same as the footballing world united behind Osei-Tutu.