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Yaya Toure: FIFA don't care about racism in football

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Yaya Toure is a former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder. [Courtesy]

Yaya Toure says FIFA is not doing enough to stamp out racism and that England should have walked off the pitch in the face of monkey chants during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria.

The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder made the comments to AFP after Qingdao Huanghai clinched promotion to the Chinese Super League at the weekend.

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