Tel doesn’t give in to racism: Tottenham backs its star.

Tottenham Hotspur footballer Mathys Tel has expressed his firm stance against racial abuse after being the victim of attacks on social media. Tel, 20 years old, was subjected to racist insults after missing a penalty in Tottenham’s defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in last week’s UEFA Super Cup. The club issued a statement expressing its “disgust” at the attacks.

In a message posted on Instagram on Tuesday, the French under-21 international, whose transfer from Bayern Munich to Tottenham was made permanent in June for 30 million pounds, wrote:

“To everyone, after the last few days have passed, I wanted to thank you all for your messages of support.

Mathys Tel

Racism has no place in our society. Every day is a learning curve and every day is a lesson.

Mathys Tel

I know where I come from, where I started, and none of this will bring me down. With work and humility, respect reigns. Thank you all.”