Last night, Ivan Toney was subjected to disgusting, racist abuse via a direct message received on social media.

We condemn this discriminatory behaviour in the strongest possible terms. An attack on one of our players is an attack on all of us.

Ivan will receive the full backing from the Club and from the Brentford fans who we have already seen condemning the abuse.

We expect strong support from the police, legal authorities and from Instagram's parent company, Meta, to ensure that the individual involved faces the full force of the law for this despicable hate crime.