Growing up in a war-torn Serbia, Matic will have seen his fair share of racism and xenophobia. The midfielder might well have thought he had escaped those types of issues when he began playing professional football, but unfortunately, these problems are continuously occurring in the beautiful game.

It’s great to see the 31-year-old speaking out against this terrible trend which has no place in football, and hopefully, the recent reaction to the abuse Pogba has received will be a step in the right direction in terms of permanently eradicating racism from the game.