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Odion Ighalo, the Manchester United striker, has said he will walk off the pitch if he is subjected to any more racial abuse in his career as he called for “justice to be done” following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Ighalo is at United on loan from Shanghai Shenhua and he said that he was called “all sorts of names” by an opposition player in China. He reported the allegations of abuse to the Chinese FA but then did not "press forward" with the incident. The death of Floyd in the US has triggered global protests, with many sports teams and stars across the world issuing powerful anti-racist messages in recent days. Tyrone Mings, the Aston Villa and England defender, joined a Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham last week. Ighalo, who last week sealed his loan extension at United, told Sky Sports: “If it [racial abuse] happens to me I would report it to the referee and see what they do, but if they don't take action about it then I'm going to walk off because it should not be done to any player or anyone in the world. "In one game in China I got called all sorts of names and after the game, I didn't shake his hand. I walked straight into the dressing room. I was angry. I reported it to the FA. I didn't press forward with it, I just let it go because I'm just this kind of guy. I don't like to drag issues out. But I don't think it should be condoned in any country. "Nobody should condone racism. We are all human. Despite the colour of our skin, we are all the same, we live in the same world, the same life. I don't condone racism, but at the same time, I don't condone riots.
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