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A rough couple of months for American midfielder Maurice Edu might have hit a new low on Tuesday night. While going to his car after Rangers' stunning 4-1 home loss to Romanian minnows Unirea Urziceni in Champions League group play, Edu said via his Twitter page that he was racially abused by his own home fans. Edu posted this late Tuesday:
"Not sure what hurt more: result last nite or being racially abused by couple of r own fans as I'm getting in my car...smh...off to rehab."
Sadly, this isn't the first claim of this type of nature from an American playing in Europe, as last spring Oguchi Onyewu filed a lawsuit against another player in the Belgian League whom he claimed had slurred him during a match.
For Edu, this situation is truly insult to injury. The promising midfielder and 2007 MLS Rookie of the Year has been sidelined since June after knee surgery, forcing him to miss both the Scottish Cup final and the Confederations Cup.
Tuesday night's loss by Rangers put them in last place in Champions League Group G with only one point after three matches. However upset fans might be, taking it out on a player for his ethnicity, especially a player that didn't even feature in the match, is absolutely unjustifiable.
The club itself has come down hard on the allegations made by Edu, labeling the fans in question as "moronic" and would work toward identifying the alleged abusers and taking appropriate measures thereafter.
