Liverpool's Brewster has suffered racial abuse for years


Soccer Football - FIFA Under 17 World Cup Final - England vs Spain - Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, India - October 28, 2017 England’s Rhian Brewster celebrates winning the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool's teenage forward Rhian Brewster said he has been the target of racial abuse while representing the Premier League club and England since the age of 12.

Brewster told the Guardian he and other black players were subject to racial epithets and monkey chants in UEFA Youth League matches and when playing for England's Under-17 World Cup-winning team.

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