The 20-year-old soccer professional Destiny Udogie from Tottenham Hotspur was racially insulted after the 2-1 home win against Liverpool FC.
“We are outraged by the racist messages directed at Destiny Udogie on social media after the game against Liverpool. We stand with you, Destiny,” the English Premier League club said on Monday.
The club will “work with the league and, where possible, take action against any person we can identify,” it said.
The defender from Italy was in the starting line-up for coach Ange Postecoglou’s team in all seven Premier League games.
Anti-discrimination organization Kick It Out said it was “appalled” that Udogie was targeted. It is “deeply concerned that players are constantly being attacked in the worst possible ways on social media after games and it is important that those responsible are held to account,” it said in a statement. Since the start of the season, players have been attacked almost every weekend.