The former England international believes the leniency shown means players have no choice but to take matters into their own hands
Football’s governing bodies aren’t doing enough to combat racism so players should take matters into their own hands by walking off the pitch, according to Gary Neville.
"It is quite clear that FIFA and UEFA, and you can even argue in this country within the FA, that we have just not got it right at all in terms of the punishments on racism," Neville told Sky Sports News.
"If you started to fine countries millions of pounds then I think you would start to see what would be significant action.
"There needs to be significant pain brought towards anybody and everything that essentially… every act of racism should be punished heavily.
"At the moment £65,000 and a couple of games is not impacting the situation at all."
At the time of the game, there was much discussion as to whether England should have walked off the pitch, an idea which polarised fans and commentators.
With the game’s governing bodies still seemingly reluctant to take firm action against racists, Neville thinks that is now the only option for players who face abuse, and he hopes teams would have the support of fans and other federations if they chose to do so.
"I personally now have got to the situation whereby I would welcome, support, a football team walking off the pitch," Neville added.