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The racism row engulfing Spain coach Luis Aragones could escalate after he called Jose Antonio Reyes "a gypsy".
Aragones was trying to diffuse the ongoing row caused after he made a racial comment about Thierry Henry to Reyes earlier this season.
He told Spanish newspaper El Mundo: "Reyes is ethnically a gypsy. I have got a lot of gypsy and black friends."
He added: "All I did was to motivate the gypsy by telling him he was better than the black."
Arsenal are believed to be unhappy at these latest comments from Aragones who is facing disciplinary action by the Spanish Football Federation.
"I consider myself a citizen of the world, I don't care about their skin colour," said Aragones.
"I feel I have been the victim of a lynching. All I did was try to motivate Reyes comparing him with Henry and making him see that he was better.
"I didn't use the term 'black' with any racist meaning.
"I'm not going to forget what's happened. A section of the press in this country (Spain) has lynched me and I will not forget that my family have had a very bad time as a consequence of this."
Residents of Oldham are also furious that Aragones also described recent signing David Lee as 'shite'
Aragones was trying to diffuse the ongoing row caused after he made a racial comment about Thierry Henry to Reyes earlier this season.
He told Spanish newspaper El Mundo: "Reyes is ethnically a gypsy. I have got a lot of gypsy and black friends."
He added: "All I did was to motivate the gypsy by telling him he was better than the black."
Arsenal are believed to be unhappy at these latest comments from Aragones who is facing disciplinary action by the Spanish Football Federation.
"I consider myself a citizen of the world, I don't care about their skin colour," said Aragones.
"I feel I have been the victim of a lynching. All I did was try to motivate Reyes comparing him with Henry and making him see that he was better.
"I didn't use the term 'black' with any racist meaning.
"I'm not going to forget what's happened. A section of the press in this country (Spain) has lynched me and I will not forget that my family have had a very bad time as a consequence of this."
Residents of Oldham are also furious that Aragones also described recent signing David Lee as 'shite'
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