By Chris Wright
In an incredible, worldwide show of support for Dani Alves and the exemplary, “no f**ks given” way in which he reacted to a banana-throwing incident at Villarreal (who have subsequently banned the fan responsible for life) over the weekend, scores of footballers and other personalities have posted photos on social media of them eating bananas, along with the tag-line “we are all monkeys”.
It all started with Neymar and his sprog, and went from there…
Robert Lewandowski and @Aubameyang7 give Dani Alves their support @BVB http://t.co/MWuMETPSkT pic.twitter.com/c7iiXkF1fP
— Bundesliga (@Bundesliga_EN) April 29, 2014
FOTO: No al razzismo, @matteorenzi e #Prandelli mangiano una banana per @DaniAlvesD2 http://t.co/cbWPQulfk2 pic.twitter.com/wZpmcvUEjF
— La Stampa (@la_stampa) April 28, 2014
With my colleague Marta from Brazil we say #NoToRacism. We are all equal. pic.twitter.com/0kWLsaAgwP
— Sergio Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) April 28, 2014
And the last one…
with @luis16suarez . We’re all the same. #Saynotoracism. pic.twitter.com/rV4TVtT43e
— Philipe Coutinho (@Phil_Coutinho) April 28, 2014
We’ll leave you to think about that for a while.