Tottenham's Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli apologizes for coronavirus video

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has apologized for a video posted on his Snapchat account in which he appeared to mock an Asian man in relation to the coronavirus outbreak.

The newly identified coronavirus outbreak in China has killed over 900 people, with more than 40,000 infected.

Alli, who has been on holiday while Spurs are on their winter break, posted the video of him wearing a face mask in an airport lounge with the message, “Corona whattt, please listen with volume.”

He then zooms the camera towards a man of Asian appearance before panning to a bottle of antiseptic hand wash with the video caption reading: “This virus gunna have to be quicker than that to catch me.”

The post was subsequently removed and Alli later apologised on Chinese social media platform Weibo. Agencies

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