SLAVIA PRAGUE have suggested lawyers and independent experts should be hired to launch an independent enquiry to investigate their latest allegation of racist abuse, months after they were embroiled in a race row following a clash with Rangers.
Rangers face Slavia's rivals, Sparta Prague, later this month at Ibrox in what is certain to be an explosive Europa League clash after midfielder Glen Kamara was booed by 10,000 kids inside their ground in the Czech Republic, which eventually escalated into a diplomatic row.
Kamara was racially abused by Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela in a Last 16 tie last season leading to a ten-game ban from UEFA, which he has taken to sport's highest appeals court in Switzerland.
This week, Slavia No.2 Pavel Rehak was accused of calling Viktoria Plzen's Colombian star Jhon Mosquera a 'monkey' after a powderkeg league clash with Viktoria Plzen, where the visitors were reduced to eight men.
Rehak has vehemently denied the accusation and announced he will defend himself in court if necessary. And now Slavia have stated they want the matter fully investigated.
Their statement said: "We take accusations of racism very seriously because we consider it incompatible with the name Slavia.
"We offer the possibility of setting up a joint team of lawyers and experts from both parties to thoroughly investigate the whole situation.
"If this very serious accusation is confirmed, we are ready to proceed with an exemplary solution based on the principle of zero tolerance for racism in the club.
"However, the first results of our internal investigation did not provide any indication that such conduct occurred. Representatives of Pilzen themselves stated when leaving Eden Stadium that they had no evidence for allegations of racism.
"It is therefore difficult for us to imagine that Jhon Mosquera did not react to such a serious insult, which was supposed to have happened during the match, immediately after hearing it.
"We do not understand why he didn't mention it while shaking hands with our coaching team or mention it to the refereeing team.
"And we would hope any investigation takes into account the behaviour of Mosquera for his brutal actions or the pitch or his open complaints that the referees were corrupt, when the Refereeing Commission unanimously confirmed the legitimate award of three red cards."
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