New controversy. During an episode of the Podcast The Wild Project, Royston Drenthe, a former Real Madrid player, returned to a fact involving Lionel Messi. The former Dutch international said in 2012 that he had regularly had “Problems”
With the Argentinian on the Liga terrains. “Do you know what bored me the most?” The way he called me every time 'El Negro, El Negro'. I understand that it is a habit in Latin America to call people in color this way, but I did not support it ”he then declared to the press of his country.
Today, he accuses the Pulga of having made racist remarks in a match between Barça and Hercules dating from 2011.
“During a match with Hercules, against Barça, Messi called me 'black shit'. Afterwards, he told me that the Argentinian players called themselves like that between them and that for them it was normal. For example, he called it like Garay and it didn't bother him, but you have to understand that a guy like me did not like it. It's not the same when friends say that in training and when an opponent says it ”says the Dutchman.
“There is still a lot of racism”
But Royston Drenthe is not resentful. “We never talked about it after that, the subject went beyond. I have a lot of respect for him because he was one of the best players in the world ”he adds. However, he regrets racism in Spanish football. “I haven't experienced it myself, but there is still a lot of racism. In my case, if they do not come to tell me opposite, I don't care. I was born in Holland, I have a Dutch passport and I have not suffered much from racism, but I experience it, especially with my children ”he explains.
