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Swansea's Arriola apologises after historical tweets resurface

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Swansea's Paul Arriola [photo courtesy]

Swansea City's on-loan forward Paul Arriola has apologised for a number of "offensive" and "discriminatory" comments that he posted on social media nearly a decade ago.

The messages were posted in 2012 but recently resurfaced on Twitter, prompting an apology from the 26-year-old U.S. international, who is on loan from Major League Soccer's DC United.

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