– In the Lillestrøm match here this year, I came in and then I didn’t quite do my job. I lost the ball and stuff. After the match I was scolded by (Dag-Eilev) Fagermo and then I got messages from many people from the Klan, says Jacob Dicko Eng in the podcast “Enga på pod”. When asked by presenter Kjetil Siem about what type of messages there were, he replies: – Racist messages. “Get out”. – No, you’re bullshitting, exclaims Siem. – No, it was a lot like that. I told Fagermo and then I deleted Instagram for two or three months. The Vålerenga player continues: – I received messages saying: “Get out of the club, we don’t want you here”. There was a lot on Twitter too. You’re a bit curious when you’re young, so you read a bit, he says – It’s shocking, says Siem, who is chairman of Vålerenga Fotball AS. – Yes. I was also shocked when I saw it and read it. It wasn’t fun, he says. news has been in contact with Vålerenga’s media officer, Tina Wulf. She states that Dicko Eng does not wish to make any further comment on the matter. Fagermo: – Sad In the relevant match against Lillestrøm, Lillestrøm won 4-3, after a decisive score five minutes into overtime. Dicko Eng was replaced in the 64th minute of the match. Vålerenga was then reduced to ten men and led 3–2. Vålerenga coach at the time, Dag-Eilev Fagermo, says that he remembers the episode and that he has previously also experienced that former Vålerenga goalkeeper Kristoffer Klaesson received a lot of abuse on social media. – If you are going to sit and read what everyone else thinks about you online, you will be destroyed, says Fagermo. – I don’t know who contacts these guys on social media, whether it’s people in the supporter community or not. Based on what the players have told me, there are people who can be in the supporter environment, says the coach profile. Fagermo refers to racist messages as “sad” and says he does not understand what it does to a society. – It is difficult to stop what is written in social media. It has been a challenge that some of the players have taken it very seriously and that they have received racist and other messages that are harsh, says Fagermo. COACH: Dag-Eilev Fagermo at Åråsen after Lillestrøm-Vålerenga in 2021. Dicko Eng furthest left of the players in Vålerenga uniform. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB He continues: – When you are young, you are influenced by it. I’ve had players that have been way down because of it. Jacob was very down and then I said I couldn’t think of another possibility that you can’t be on social media. The coach also says that he remembers what Dicko Eng is referring to regarding him allegedly scolding the player. – It was a very special match. Jacob is very good and I have a lot of faith in him, but he didn’t run. He didn’t work. He first got a bit of a slap from some of the players and then I was even harder when I came in, he says, adding that it was not on any level that was harmful to the player. VÅLERENGA PLAYER: Jacob Dicko Eng has played 43 games in the Eliteserien for Vålerenga and scored four goals. Photo: Jan Kåre Ness / NTB – Completely unforgivable Spokesperson for the Klan, Christian Arentz, is clear that they completely distance themselves from racism. – It should not take place. Such things are something that should not happen in our stands. It’s all against what both the Klan and the club stand for. Arentz exemplifies this with the fact that the Clan, in collaboration with Vålerenga, started Vålerenga against racism in 1996. – We know that Jacob received a number of messages after the match, but I did not know that there was racist content in it. Regardless of the fact that there are racist messages, it is unheard of for players to receive messages from fans after bad matches. It is especially important with the younger players, says Arentz. – They need all the support they can get. Regardless of content, if it is negative, then it should not occur. When there is racism in addition, then it is completely unforgivable and should not occur, he says further.
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