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Norwich report alleged racist abuse of James Vaughan to police

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• Striker received abusive messages on Twitter account
• Club says it cannot currently comment any further

Norwich City have passed details of alleged racist abuse of the striker James Vaughan to the police.

Vaughan, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury, received abusive messages on his Twitter account.

The Norwich chief executive, David McNally, also used Twitter to thank internet users for bringing the matter to their attention.

"Thank you for the information regarding racist tweets," McNally wrote. "We have handed details to the police and cannot comment any further."

Asked by the Leicester City player Lee Peltier who was responsible for the abusive messages, Vaughan replied on Twitter: "Dunno pal just some loser giving it cos he feels like a big man on the computer."


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