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A football hooligan, who called former Liverpool FC playerRaheem Sterling a 'black Scouse c***', is wanted.

Karl Anderson, 32, was jailed for 16 weeks after a racist attack on City star, Sterling , in 2017.

He kicked and racially abused the Blues winger as he arrived at the Etihad complex before a game against Tottenham Hostspur, reports the M.E.N.

Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard Anderson pulled his van up next to Mr Sterling’s car outside the City training ground and shouted racist insults at him, calling him a ‘n*****’, a ‘black scouse c***’ and a ‘black b******’.

He was also said to have shouted: “I hope your mother and your child wake up dead in the morning.”

But Anderson is now wanted on recall to prison after being jailed in December 2019 for dangerous driving and released in February 2020.

He has since breached the conditions of his license.

In 2017, United supporter Anderson was already the subject of a five-year banning order following trouble between Reds and Sheffield United fans after an FA Cup game in January 2016.

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It meant he could not be in Manchester city centre or Old Trafford on match days.

Anderson had 25 convictions for 37 offences - all football related.

Anderson, of Woodward Street, Ancoats, admitted racially aggravated assault and was jailed for 16 weeks at the time.

Sentencing him, chair of the bench Diana Webb-Hobson called the incident an ‘unprovoked attack’ and described the defendant’s previous record as ‘appalling’.

Anderson smiled in the dock as he was taken down to the cells.

Mr Sterling suffered bruising to his leg, the court was told.

In a statement he said he was shocked it had happened to him on his way to work.

“He did not think this kind of behaviour happened in this country in this day and age,” the court was told of Mr Sterling’s reaction to the sickening attack.

Mr John Black, representing Anderson, said Mr Sterling’s injuries were fairly short term and the offence was not pre-meditated.

He said Mr Anderson said he pulled his van up next to Mr Sterling’s car because his girlfriend wanted an autograph.

Among his other offences, Anderson was jailed for 18 months in July 2016 for violent disorder; convicted of common assault in April 2016; failed to comply with an international football banning order in January 2016 and November 2015; and a racially aggravated public order offence July 2014.

He was among a group of eleven Manchester United fans who were handed three and five year bans in January 2017.

Anderson is known to have links to the Miles Platting & Ancoats areas of Greater Manchester.

Anybody with information regarding the whereabouts of Karl Anderson should contact police on 0161 856 3513 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.