• Incident with Manchester City player occurred outside training ground • 29-year-old Karl Anderson will appear in court on Wednesday

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A man has been charged with an alleged racist attack on Raheem Sterling, police have announced.

The Manchester City and England forward was allegedly confronted as he arrived at City’s training ground before Saturday’s Premier League victory over Tottenham.

Greater Manchester Police said 29-year-old Karl Anderson had been charged with racially aggravated common assault. He has been remanded in custody to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

An earlier statement from Greater Manchester police confirmed that an arrest had been made: “On Monday, 18 December a report was made to police after a 23-year-old man was subjected to a racially aggravated assault on Clayton Lane in Manchester on Saturday, 16 December.

“An investigation was launched and a 29-year-old man was arrested earlier this morning, Tuesday, 19 December, on suspicion of racially aggravated assault. He is now in police custody for questioning. This is being treated as a hate crime.”

Kick It Out, football’s equality body, said it had been in touch with Sterling to offer him support.