We avoided reporting on the Conor Gallagher “controversy” as it was just such a social media confection.
A camera in the tunnel made it look like the midfielder deliberately ignored a kid’s handshake, which somehow turned into accusations of racism. It should have been ignored totally, but the club chose to address it, and now Mauricio Pochettino has been forced to respond too.
“I hate that people feel free to abuse” he said when asked if the torrent of bad-faith foul social media accusations had affected his captain. He really does look like he’s frustrated by the modern world where players can get targeted like this.
It’s all so silly though, and the best thing to do is ignore it. We understand why the club (and subsequently Pochettino) felt they had to address it, but we don’t really agree with it.
You can see the manager speaking in the clip embedded here: