Fiorentina backed Moise Kean on Tuesday after the Italy striker was focused with a barrage of racist insults on social media following his workforce’s slender defeat at Inter Milan in Serie A.
Kean posted on Instagram pictures of a number of the abuse he obtained from Inter followers within the aftermath of Monday’s 2-1 loss on the San Siro, with the message “Nonetheless occurring, in 2025…”.
Fiorentina mentioned in an announcement the net offenders “have been reported to the related authorities”.
“The Viola stand with Moise Kean who was the sufferer of great racial abuse after the match at Inter in Milan,” the membership added.
Kean has scored 15 occasions in Serie A since shifting to Fiorentina from Juventus final summer season, a 13 million euro ($13.4 million) signing which was seen as a raffle however that has payed off for each participant and membership.
Two of these strikes got here in Fiorentina’s 3-0 thumping of Inter in Florence on Thursday when the 2 groups accomplished a fixture which had been stopped in December as a consequence of Edoardo Bove’s on-pitch coronary heart assault.
The 24-year-old has performed himself again into the Italy reckoning after not scoring in any respect for Juve final season, with 19 targets in all competitions for Raffaele Palladino’s thrilling workforce.
That tally is already the very best in a single season of his profession and he sits second within the Serie A scoring charts behind Azzurri teammate Mateo Retegui who performs for Atalanta.
Kean has been racially abused by followers of Serie A golf equipment earlier than, first in 2019 at Cagliari whose hardcore supporters have been repeat offenders in a rustic the place far-right fan teams are frequent and racial discrimination from the stands a semi-regular occurence.
Fiorentina have been additionally punished with a suspended one-match stand closure in November 2023 after their followers focused Kean, Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie whereas enjoying in Florence for Juventus.
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