Spanish Footballer Sacked Following Racist Tweets Directed At Lewis Hamilton

A Spanish third division players contract has been terminated after racially abusing Lewis Hamilton.

The deplorable actions belong to Eric Zarate who only signed for Lleida Esportiu last month but has been sacked after his Tweets from 2012 surfaced online.

Just days after Burnley's Andre Gray homophobic posts came to light, now another professional footballers dark past as haunted him. The lesson; don't post stupid shit.

The disgraced footballer called the F1 superstar a "f***ing black s**t" following the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, as a result of a crash involving him and Spanish racer Fernando Alonso.

The club addressed the despicable actions by releasing a statement which reads;

"Lleida has decided to terminate the contract of the player Eric Zarate after discovering that he had published racist, sexist and anti-Catalan comments in social media."

So, sexist and anti-Catalan comments, too. This guy.

(H/T dreamteamfc.co.uk)

Topics: Football, F1

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