Rakuten Will protest formally to the Barça by the video of Dembélé and Griezmann

The players of the FC Barcelona Ousmane Dembélé and Antoine Griezmann, both accused of racist after the diffusion of a video recorded by the own 'Mosquito' in which they made "pejorative comments" referring to the operarios Asian of a hotel, have caused that in consequence by said action Hiroshi Mikitani, founder and CEO of the group Rakuten, have announced that the mark patrocinadora of the Catalan entity present his formal protest in front of the same.

"Like sponsor of the club and organiser of turns it, wail a lot that the players of the FCB have done discriminatory comments", wrote the representative by means of his account in Twitter, in spite of that both footballers of the Barcelona group have used his respective accounts in social networks to offer his version of the facts and clear it sucedido in front of the rain of criticisms that have received of part of the internauts.

"Since Rakuten has backed the philosophy of the Barça and sponsored to the club, such statements are unacceptable under any circumstance and will protest formally against the club and want to know his point of view", added Mikitan, in allusion to the audiovisual material livestock in 2019, in which it collects a comment of Dembélé that says: "All these ugly faces only so that you can play to the PES, does not give you shame?". Besides, it sees to Griezmann laugh after his comments.

Apologies of the players

In consequence, Griezmann did not take in manifesting in Twitter with the following message, in which it has offered his apologies to the people of Asian nationality: "Always I have been engaged against any form of discrimination. During the last days, some people have wanted to pass off as me the man that am not. Rejection firmly the indictments that have done me and wail have been able to offend to my Japanese friends", prays his writing.

By his part, also the international French, Dembélé, neither remained backwards and has hanged a Storie in Instagram defending his posture and besides ensured that the video in question has spread without his consent. Although it did not clear at all more on this last that has reported and that also generated him rejection and critical of the users of the social networks.

"During the last days, has circulated by social networks a private video that dates of 2019. The scene develops in Japan, but could have developed in any part of the planet, I would have used the same expressions. These expressions were not directed to any community in concrete. Sometimes I use this type of expressions privately, with friends, without mattering his origin. Now this video has made public , and understand that it can injure to the present people in the images. In fact, I present them my sincerer apologies", expressed the player culé.