Liverpool Football Club have issued a new statement following the Tom Adeyemi incident.

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'Liverpool Football Club has been forthright and resolute for many years in its stance against racism and any form of discrimination.

'The Club has worked actively to combat discrimination and has been at the forefront of social inclusion and community activity in football, winning awards and commendations for its work throughout the world. And this Club is determined to continue its part in working with the game's ruling bodies and the other organisations active in this area.

'Whatever the outcome of what is now a police investigation, all of us are deeply sorry for what happened on Friday night and our players and our Club pass on our sincere regrets to Tom Adeyemi for the upset and distress he suffered as a result of the matter at hand. 

'Our supporters are renowned throughout the world for their outstanding commitment, passion and fairness. They are drawn from nationalities across the globe with widely diverse backgrounds and heritages. The actions of any one individual do not represent our fans.  Their stance on these issues is just as resolute as the Club's.  We have a very clearly stated public stance on discrimination and intolerance with dedicated staff that work hard daily on programs in this important area. 

'Regarding the incident that occurred on Friday evening, we have given Merseyside police every possible assistance we can and will continue to provide the necessary support to their investigation in order to ensure this particular incident is dealt with properly. We will continue to take the strongest possible action(s) against unacceptable behaviour during our matches.'

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KOPTALK had been critical of the club's failure to take so long to respond to the incident before publishing yesterday's initial statement. Despite the need to investigate the allegations, in view of the current climate following the Suarez-Evra row, we thought the club should have made it immediately clear that we will never tolerate racism. That of course goes without saying but we wanted it spelling out. We also believed that yesterday's statement was a weak one and suggested that the club should have been as strong with the wording as they were with the statements defending Luis Suarez.

We are absolutely delighted with this new statement and we hope that anyone ever found guilty of throwing racial insults around Anfield is banned for life and dealt with by the authorities.

We would like to remind supporters of other clubs reading this news item that every club has its fair share of idiots and that rather than latching on to this to use against us because of club rivalry, we ask that you stand united with us and make it known that none of us will accept racism from the stands at any ground by any supporters.