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Everton football club have released a statement to condemn the death threats made towards defender James Tarkowski after the Merseyside derby against Liverpool at Anfield, which they lost 1-0. During the high octane Premier League clash, James Tarkowski was given a yellow card for his rough challenge on Alexis Mac Allister, and later on, the Premier League’s refereeing body stated that it should have been a straight red card.
Following the conclusion of the match, James Tarkowski apologised to Alexis Mac Allister on the pitch before telling in an interview that the Argentine accepted it. He was quoted as saying, as per BBC Sport, “I spoke to him and apologised because it was not a great tackle. When the ball fell between us I thought he was going to come and was expecting it to be a big old school 50-50 challenge. But he pulled out of the tackle and as I lunged, followed through and in, I caught him pretty high. I've apologised to him and he accepted it, so not a great one from me.”
We are aware of threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family on social media: Everton
But despite that, the social media users sent James Tarkowski and his family death threats in a blatant disregard to being a human above everything else. Samantha, the wife of James Tarkowski, came down heavily on the people for the death threats in an Instagram post, stating that it is beyond disgusting, apart from calling their behaviour disgraceful and pathetic.
In response, the Toffees wrote in an official statement about the James Tarkowski incident, “Everton Football Club is aware of threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family on social media. Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and has no place in football or society. The club is liaising with James and his wife Samantha, and stands ready to engage with the social media companies and assist the police with any potential investigation.”
“Everton strongly condemns any form of online or offline intimidation, threats or abuse directed at players, staff or their families,” they added.
