NORTHUMBRIA POLICE HAVE confirmed that they are investigating a racist tweet sent to Frazier Campbell on Friday evening, the Daily Mirror reports.
The Sunderland striker was stunned to find that he had been called a “big f**king n***er” after tweeting his support for Estonia as the first leg of their Euro 2012 play-off against Ireland was kicking off.
The message provoked a few angry reactions from his followers though, forcing Campbell to explain that he was only joking and then prophetically predict a 4-0 Ireland win in a tweet to clubmate David Meyler.
It was only the next morning that he spotted and retweeted the abusive message, sent from @TheReid1. The account in question has since been deleted.
Police inquiries into the matter are ongoing.