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West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice says following shifting allegiance in the Republic of Ireland into 23, he received risks over social websites.
The 20-year-old represented Ireland and also won three senior caps — in friendlies — .
«I have had people saying they’re going to come into my residence,» he told ITV News.
«You click on their profile and they’d just be a fake profile, so you don’t understand if it is true or not.»
Rice is the newest high profile player to reveal they’ve already been been abused on social networking, also England women’s head coach Phil Neville says it should be boycotted by players.
Rice has won four caps for England and featured on Saturday in their Euro 2020 qualifier win against Bulgaria.
«Thinking about it, I was never really scared about it, because always fans are going to be giving me misuse and whatnot it over,» he added.
«You just kind of look at it and laugh, you think,’Yeah, all right, as if you’re likely to come back and do this kind of thing’.»
Rice’s England team-mate Marcus Rashford was mistreated on social websites after having a penalty in Manchester United’s defeat by Crystal Palace in August and has stated he fears football is»moving backward».
Social media platform Twitter says it had»taken action» on»more than 700 examples of hateful conduct» from the two weeks leading up to England’s triumph against Bulgaria.
Twitter said it had also met»directly affected» clubs, the Professional Footballers’ Association and Kick it Out in an effort to»handle the issue together».
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