Villarreal supporters club spokesperson “I thought more people would be against Partey. It’s been mostly just indifference. There was even some supportive applause for him. If he’s a good player, most Spanish fans don’t seem to really care. It’s similar to what happened with Greenwood at Getafe.”
This is the problem with sports fans around the world. Even in Western countries with more progressive attitudes, fans will forgive horrific crimes if it helps their team win. Fans will decry racist attacks against their own black players but then the same fans will chant racist insults at opposing teams’ players if it gets into the players’ heads. Fans will ignore admitted rape (Ronaldo) and on trial for rape (Partey and Kobe) if it helps their team.
