This Souness reaction to Erik Lamela saw allegations of racism being levelled towards the former Blackburn boss, who said “It’s pathetic, it’s very Latin” while doing punditry and analysing Lamela’s actions for Martial’s red card against Tottenham. Souness also added- “that’s not us, and it’s in our game now”, saying that he had both played and worked in a Latin country and knew how “they” viewed the game.
Souness words on Lamela “it’s pathetic, it’s very Latin”