Aston Villa defender Jores Okore has been subjected to racial discrimination by a Danish politician after modelling the nation's new strip.

The 23-year-old had joined Denmark team-mates Jannik Vestergaard and Pierre Hojbjerg to show off the kit, with Daniel Carlsen, leader of far-right 'The Danish Party', taking to Twitter to make the vile comments.

Okore, who was born in the Ivory Coast but moved to Denmark at the age of three, has eight caps for his country - however, Carlsen dioesn't believe Africans should represent the nation.

Jores Okore was subjected to vile racist discrimination by a politician after unveiling the new Denmark kit

Okore, pictured for Denmark against Armenia in September last year, was born in the Ivory Coast

Sharing an image of the kit launch on Twitter, Carlsen tweeted: 'It is unfortunately not just the national team's shorts which has a new colour.'

When asked to explain his comment, the 25-year-old added: 'I do not believe that Africans should represent Denmark's national team.'

Okore - who became the first black player to represent Denmark in 2011 - missed his side's 2-1 defeat by Sweden in Saturday's Euro 2016 play-off and is yet to feature for Villa this season as he remains sidelined following a knee operation.

The centre back's agent hit back at the comments and told The Sun: 'I am disgusted by Carlsen's sick comments. We live in the 21st century and yet I am still able to read views like that!

The Aston Villa defender, who joined the club in 2013, is yet to appear this season following knee surgery

'I'm astonished people still think in this way in a modern society. I was disgusted just seeing the words — I wasn't sure I could believe my own eyes. When you consider what happened in France on Friday night, it seems even more appalling.

'It appears to me to be the views of an uneducated young man who has no knowledge of the real world. Jores has always been so proud to represent Denmark, it makes me outraged that someone could hold those despicable views.'

In light of Carlsen's remarks, the Danish FA posted a picture of Hojbjerg and Yussuf Poulsen with their faces painted in the colours of France and Tanzania flags respectively to show their roots and tweeted: 'It's the talent that counts.'