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Truss torched by Neville and Lineker over Champions League comments

Tory ministers spent most of last summer telling footballers to stick to football after they staged anti-racism protests. Has the party changed its mind?

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2022-02-23 16:31
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Liz Truss has called on English football clubs to boycott the Champions League final in St Petersburg – should they qualify – because of the escalating crisis between Russia and Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin this week unilaterally decided to send troops into the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, sparking international condemnation.

And with European football’s set piece event taking place in Russia in May, Uefa is now in talks over potentially switching the venue elsewhere.

“I think it is wrong at this stage with what Russia is doing internationally to have the final there,” Truss said.

Asked if English clubs should boycott the game, she added: “That’s a matter for the team but if I was a player, which is a very unlikely eventuality, I certainly wouldn’t want to be part of that.”

'If I was on an English team, I would boycott it!'

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says if an English team makes it to the Champions League final in St Petersburg they should boycott the match.@NickFerrariLBC pic.twitter.com/sfq21y43M0

— LBC (@LBC) February 23, 2022

But her comments sparked an instant backlash from the world of football and beyond, with Gary Neville leading criticism on Twitter.

“Maybe concentrate on the illicit funding your party has been receiving from Russians rather than English teams participating in football matches,” he wrote.

Maybe concentrate on the illicit funding your party has been receiving from Russians rather than English teams participating in football matches https://t.co/H9WQjbUXJp

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) February 23, 2022


Gary Lineker perhaps said it best, clapping back at Truss: “Put the pressure on young footballers to take a tough stance on Russia, as the government doesn’t take a tough stance on Russia.”

Put the pressure on young footballers to take a tough stance on Russia, as the government doesn’t take a tough stance on Russia. https://t.co/TOd2kqi2jY

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 23, 2022

Here’s a host of other angry responses to the foreign secretary’s statement.

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Conservative MPs spent the entire summer telling English players to "keep politics out of sport". Quite a change of heart. https://t.co/OuwkP92Crc

— Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) February 23, 2022

Well said Liz, footballers need to stick to politics. https://t.co/44vjSVm8mG

— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) February 23, 2022

"why won't Marcus Rashford do sanctions?" asks British government doing basically no sanctions https://t.co/qYhBLuDCTE

— Alex Kealy (@alexkealy) February 23, 2022

Related: Clip of Ian Hislop pointing out extent of Russian money in Tory Party resurfaces

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