Emile Heskey: ‘Gone are the times when you just ignore abuse. No. Why should we?’

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They were four and six.“They were kids so I don’t think they would’ve understood what was going on,” Heskey says. How can you protect everyone who wants to enjoy the game we love?” Has Heskey ever spoken to them about racism in football.

Heskey!’ and it’s not me,” he says. And if you’re constantly looking over at your parents it’s not good for you.”Like everyone else, Heskey has been surprised by the sharp decline of Liverpool, a club where he won several trophies during a four-year spell following his £11m move from Leicester in March 2000.

They’ve probably got more technical players now.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianSpeaking before Mohamed Salah’s explosive comments in which he claimed he had been “thrown under the bus” after being left out of Liverpool’s starting lineup for a third game running at Leeds, Heskey recalls that during his time at Anfield, under Gérard Houllier, the team were told they could never lose two games in a row and how that ultimately motivated them. They’ve probably got more technical players now.”“The difficult part is when you’re in a tough position, who’s going to dig you out?