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UK Grime star Stormzy has come out in support of Liverpool youngster Rhian Brewster after the teenager gave an impassioned plea to UEFA earlier this week.

The 17-year-old revealed that he had been a regular target of racist abuse on the field both when playing with Liverpool and England in a startling interview with The Guardian .

The most recent incident came earlier this month which saw Spartak Moscow captain Leonid Mironov charged with racially abusing Reds starlet Brewster in a UEFA Youth League game at Prenton Park.

Brewster urged European football's governing body to get tougher with their sanctions, saying: "You have the adverts for Champions League games saying ‘no to racism’ in all the different languages. Idols of the game take part - but it still happens.

"Before the last Spartak game I was talking to Ben Woodburn and I said to him: ‘This doesn’t mean anything, I don’t know why I’m standing behind this banner anyway.’ We started laughing.

"It was a case of: ‘Just stand behind it, get your picture done and walk away.’ We did it against Sevilla and it still happened, we did it against Spartak away and we did it in the Euros.

"I’m thinking to myself: ‘Well, I’m standing behind a banner but does it really stop them from saying it?’ To be honest, I don’t think there is any point. It needs more severe punishments."

After reading the powerful interview, Grime star Stormzy, real name Michael Omari, demanded more be done to tackle racism in football, before hitting out at UEFA for their paltry sanctions.

He tweeted: "Wow this is a painful read, big up yourself my brother @RhianBrewster9 and good on you for speaking out.

"More needs to be done by @uefa tbh (to be honest) not just some rubbish Lil anti-racism posters. Everyone should read this.

"And you lot @UEFAcom @UEFA should be flipping embarrassed, you’re meant to be a respected body stop being complicit.

"Do more and do better, coz it’s f****** embarrassing."

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was also full of praise for Brewster's bravery .

(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

He said: "I really can’t believe that people have these kind of thoughts still in their minds, it’s so strange in this world that it happens.

"Obviously we needed a 17-year-old boy to shout out, to say ‘Here, it’s still happening and it happens all the time. I need help, we need help and we have to stop that.'"