West Midlands Police have arrested a 12-year-old boy after Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha received racist messages on social media ahead of the club's Premier League clash with Aston Villa on Sunday.
Zaha, 27, shared the obscene messages on Twitter before the match and Villa said they would investigate the incident with police.
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After Villa's 2-0 win over Palace, a police statement read: "We were alerted to a series of racist messages sent to a footballer today and after looking into them and conducting checks, we have arrested a boy.