The players of Arsenal They posed two days ago, like every year, to take the official photo of the season. And it didn’t take long to generate a certain debate about it: there were those who missed the greater racial diversity in the squad and threw some ‘zasca’ at the ‘Gunner’ club.
The publication has already had more than two million visits, with many pointing out the fact that there are no black female soccer players. And the truth is that 27 players and the coach himself, Jonas Eidevall, are white. Last year, the BBC estimated the proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic players in the Women’s Super League to be between 10 and 15 per cent, significantly lower than around 33 per cent in the Men’s Premier League.
One Twitter user wrote: “No professional team, men’s or women’s, should have a white team in 2023.” Another said: “Great picture but my goodness, it’s disturbing that one of the biggest clubs in the world doesn’t have a single non-white player in the team.” And the third: “Do you want to tell me that the managers, coaches, players… look at this and think it’s okay? White? Please!”
Source: La Verdad
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