Holding on reporting racism, allyship and more

Our victory over Leeds United back in December was marred by an incident when Nuno Tavares and Nicolas Pepe were racially abused by a fan while warming up.

Rob Holding received praise for his role in reporting the incident immediately, and the person in question was consequently arrested - and our centre back says it highlights the importance of standing up for what is right.

“I was on the bench when it happened, and when the lads came back it was Emile, Nuno and Nico, and Emile was sat next to me and said, ‘The lads just got racially abused’, and I was like, ‘What just warming up then?’ and he said yeah,” Holding said. “There was like a split decision where I was thinking, ‘I need to do…