French international footballer Antoine Griezmann has attracted criticism after posting an image of himself in a fancy dress outfit on his Twitter account.
Captioned ’80s party’, the image shows the Atletico Madrid star dressed as a basketball player. His decision to make his skin appear black angered many of those who saw it.
https://twitter.com/AntoGriezmann/status/942488799485054976
The tweet, which remains on Griezmann’s Twitter feed at the time of writing, soon attracted plenty of tweets asking for it to be deleted. Elsewhere, some Twitter users went as far as suggesting the outfit was ‘racist’; others described it as ‘ignorant’.
https://twitter.com/EdieWine/status/942494246065590272
https://twitter.com/craicdealerfc/status/942496951601389569
Griezmann is a complete moron. Cannot get over how stupid and ignorant he is https://t.co/v6Q9UShY7E
— goutham (@goutham_____) December 17, 2017
Worth taking a moment to consider Antoine Griezmann tweeted this mad, deeply offensive rubbish more than half an hour ago and hasn't deleted it. Yer wild eijit. https://t.co/tBsuTCTMi5
— Dom Farrell (@DomFarrell1986) December 17, 2017
Griezmann later sent a further tweet, urging followers to calm down.
‘I’m fan of the Harlem globetrotters and the good times,’ he explained. ‘It’s a tribute.’
Griezmann, who was ranked at 18th during last week’s Ballon d’Or ceremony, came close to a move to Manchester United in the summer only for it to collapse when Atletico Madrid were hit with a transfer ban.
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