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Tottenham Tags Investigations into Monkey Chant as Inconclusive

Tottenham have announced that their initial findings following the alleged racist abuse of Antonio Rudiger are “inconclusive”

However,  a Chelsea fan has been arrested for allegedly abusing Son Heung-min.

Play was stopped during Chelsea’s win at Spurs on Sunday after Chelsea’s Rudiger said he heard monkey noises.

Spurs said they are “exhaustively investigating” the incident.

Meanwhile, police arrested a Chelsea fan for a racially aggravated public order offence against Spurs’ Son.

A total of six arrests were made as part of the Metropolitan Police operation at the fixture but none were linked to the incident involving Rudiger.

“We have engaged lip readers to study the footage and contacted Chelsea for further information from their players,” Spurs said in a statement. “The police will be reviewing our evidence alongside us.”

The club added: “Please be assured we shall be exhaustively investigating this matter.”

Spurs said they are able to “track every fan” using cameras at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and that any supporter found to be guilty of racism will “receive a lifetime ban”.

“This club has a proud track record of anti-racism work across all our communities and we are determined to ensure that we conduct a thorough investigation,” the club added.

“At this time however we should point out that our findings are inconclusive and would ask that comment is reserved until the facts are established.”

In a separate statement, the Premier League said it would “support” both clubs “in their pursuit of any perpetrators and call for appropriate action to be taken by the authorities and the clubs”.

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