Jeremie Boga says that he is mentally prepared to deal with it if he suffers racist abuse in Italian football and has urged Mario Balotelli to score goals to silence those that target him.
The midfielder left Chelsea in a £3.5 million move to join Sassuolo over a year ago, with the 22-year-old now showing some of his best form in the green and black shirt.
Incidents of racism have continued to blight Serie A, however, with Brescia striker Balotelli the latest to have suffered abuse during his side's 2-1 defeat to Verona last weekend.