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Everton football club have slammed a number of racist tweets about LFC's Mo Salah by an alleged fan.

In a damning statement, the club have condemned the behaviour of a Twitter user who claimed to be an Everton supporter after a number of posts from the account included racist slurs and pictures of the Liverpool forward .

The posts caused outrage on social media from both Liverpool, and Everton fans who were shocked by the behaviour.

A strong statement from Everton also said that the posts had been shared with the proper authorities who are now looking into the incident.

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A spokesperson for the club said: "Everton condemns in the strongest terms any kind of racism. We have shared the material with the appropriate authorities and are looking into the matter further to understand if the Twitter user in question is known to the Club in any way."

The incident comes in the same week that Blues fans showed their support for new signing Moise Kean who suffered racist abuse in Italy.

Everton fan group County Road Bobblers have started a campaign on JustGiving , and raised well over £3,000 for a new banner to adorn Goodison to show him that racism is not tolerated at his new home.

A spokesperson told the ECHO: "Signing Moise Kean meant a lot to us as a fan base. Supporting a team in this city we understand diversity more than most.

"Seeing Moise stand up to racism like he did against Cagliari, we wanted him to know here he doesn't have to stand up against it alone.

"He will have thousands of Blues by his side. While he goes to battle for us on the pitch, we go to battle off it supporting him as part of the great Everton family.

"This is our way of showing this. It’s been a superb response from Blues and we can’t thank you all enough it started out as a small idea and has viral quickly.

"We are working alongside a designer it is in its infancy but we are looking to have the banner available for the Wolves game if possible.

"We will keep everyone updated."

The fundraiser initially had a target of £1,000 but has already smashed through that and the total now stands at over £3,000 - with the help of a £200 donation from stadium architect Dan Meis.