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Footballer Tyrone Mings accuses Priti Patel of ‘stoking the fire’ after England players are racially abused

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Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free England player Tyrone Mings has hit out at the Home Secretary accusing her of ‘stoking the fire’ after she condemned racist abuse aimed at his teammates.

Priti Patel said she was “disgusted” at the abuse, having said at the start of the tournament that fans had a right to boo players for taking the knee in protest against racism.

Aston Villa defender Mings tweeted: “You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.” His tweet was in response to Mrs Patel’s post on

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