Racism Lies With The Football Authorities says Vincent Kompany

The former Manchester City Captain Vincent Kompany says "The lack of diversity in football organisations is part of the problem in tackling racism".

He was was speaking in the wake of Romelu Lukaku who was being racially abused by Cagliari fans while playing for Inter Milan on Saturday.

Romelu said that the abuse showed the game was "going backwards". Kompany said "Romelu is a victim of something disgraceful not just in football, but also in society."

The manager of Sky Sports News, Ander lecture also said "It goes back to who is expected to make a decision on these issues, and it's in these organisations that the problems lie. "The real racism lies in the fact none of these institutions have representatives that can actually understand what Romelu is going through. "You are dealing with a crowd of people and decision-makers who are telling him how he should think and feel about this when you have no decision-makers who are remotely in touch with what he has experienced in his life. "That's the real issue - if you go through the boards at Uefa or Fifa, the Italian League or the English League, there is a real lack of diversity. "If you don't have diversity in places of power like boardrooms then you can't have the right decisions in terms of sanctions - it's as simple as that."

Romelu Luka was subjected to monkey chants as he scored a goal for his side. On the other hand, a group of Inter Milan fans claim Cagliari supporters were showing Romelu a form of "respect".