LONDON (AP) 鈥� West Ham has called on its fans to stop singing a chant 鈥渃ontaining an anti-Palestine message鈥� as the club prepares to host its first home game of the season in England’s second-tier Championship.
In a long statement published Thursday, West Ham said it was 鈥渁ware of an offensive and divisive chant鈥� being sung by a section of its supporters during its opening Championship match at Burnley on Sunday.
One of West Ham’s summer signings was Israel winger Manor Solomon, who joined from Tottenham on a three-year deal.
鈥淲e encourage our supporters to sing loud and proud about their football club and the players wearing the claret and blue shirt 鈥� but never in a way that creates division or causes offence among fellow fans,鈥� West Ham said in the statement issued to 鈥渞emind supporters of the responsibility we all hold to represent the club in the right way.鈥�
West Ham, which was relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season, hosts Charlton Athletic at the London Stadium on Saturday.
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