The former Barcelona man made his debut in Russia on Saturday but sections of the club's support questioned the signing of a black player
Malcom has been greeted at new club Zenit St. Petersburg by a banner that has been deemed to be racist.
The Brazil international swapped Barcelona for Russiathis week in a €39 million (£36m/$44m) deal, and made his Zenit debut on Saturday in a 1-1 draw with Krasnodar, during which a section of the supporters took the opportunity to sarcastically applaud their team’s adherence to what they view as a traditional refusal to sign black players.
“We are not racist,” the manifesto said, “and for us the absence of black players is just an important tradition, empahasising the identity of the club and nothing more.
“We, as the northernmost club of the major European cities, have never been mentally connected with Africa, however, as with South America or Australia or Oceania.
“We have absolutely nothing against the inhabitants of these or any other continents, but at the same time we want players who are close in spirit to speak for Zenit.
“Now, black players for Zenit are being forced almost by force, and this causes only backlash. Let us be what we are.”
Lucifer143
144
malcom showed passion for barcelona but what barca did to him i have lost my respect for them gave him away to zenit a racist club malcom doesnt deserve that..he almost cried when he scored for barcelona in the champions leauge true passion ahs no value anymore
tahjSR4
95
Why did they sign a black player if they know this will happen ? Racism is disgusting and so are these Russian people, no wonder why they are so terrible because there teams have no diversity and are filled with hatred
Keubmtuyz
80
Barca did pure business a d nothing more pps stop blaming Barca after all, marcom was never booed in Barca or even Spain, Russia is a racist state, let's call a spade a spade
dangerou
61
Malcom's screwed up the his career for the foreseeable future by: 1. Choosing Barcelona over genuine game time, and 2. Zenit St. Petersburg for the open racism. Dude should be in the Premier League lighting it up.
Zendmns
55
The Russians hate black people.They do not like them.They believed that we have different systems in our bodies. But remember when you take a knife and cut a Russian ,you see red blood and he or she will feel the pain .when the knife is taken also and use to cut the black man or woman , you will see the same red blood and he or she will feel the same the same pain. We all died and be buried under the ground. No one is better than the other. We all are the same. God created every one of us from the same image.
Buffet
50
Truly embarrassing from the Zenit fans. New signing Malcom made his debut for the club yesterday and was greeted by a racist banner addressed to the Zenit board for not respecting their traditions of not recruiting black players.
nowdimn
43
Barcelona board lost my respect malcom didn't deserve this