BBC · Apr 15, 2017
Everton ban the Sun after Ross Barkley article
Ross Barkley has been at Everton since 2005Everton have banned the Sun "from all areas of its operation" after the newspaper published "appalling and indefensible" allegations about Ross Barkley and the people of Liverpool.
The article, written by columnist Kelvin MacKenzie, appeared on Friday.
MacKenzie was suspended after comparing the midfielder, whose grandfather was born in Nigeria, to a "gorilla".
He also wrote that men with similar "pay packets" to Barkley in Liverpool were "drug dealers".
Everton said in a statement: "The newspaper has to know that any attack on this City, either against a much respected community or individual, is not acceptable," the club said in a statement.