Tottenham have apologised for an ‘error of judgement’ after blocking some accounts that had replied to a post about Israeli player Manor Solomon’s wedding on X.
Spurs shared a series of ‘life updates’ and photographs from various players, but some replies hurled abuse towards Solomon while others referenced the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Solomon married Dana Voshina in his homeland on Thursday but is now stranded there as Israel has closed its civilian airspace due to the threat of aerial attacks from Iran.
The club said in a statement to The Times: ‘We have been made aware of a number of X accounts that have been blocked manually by the club’s social media team following posts aimed at one of our players related to the current conflict in the Middle East.
‘Following an internal review, we recognise some of these posts do not meet the threshold of malicious communication defined in our policy and we acknowledge an error of judgment has been made in these instances. We have unblocked these accounts and are reviewing our internal procedures.
Tottenham have apologised after blocking accounts which replied to a post about Israeli player Manor Solomon’s wedding
Some accounts directly abused Solomon – seen marrying Dana Voshina – while others referenced the Israel-Hamas conflict
Tottenham’s post celebrated ‘big life updates’ from James Maddison, Richarlison, Dejan Kulusevski, and Solomon
‘The club should like to wholeheartedly apologise to those impacted. We continue to stand for peace and acceptance for all, while standing firmly against all forms of abuse and discrimination.’
Solomon, 25, was on loan at Leeds United last season and scored 10 goals as Daniel Farke’s side won the Championship title.
Tottenham shared a photo of him as part of a selection including multiple players. In the past few days, alongside Solomon, they have had ‘big life updates,’ as Spurs wrote.
James Maddison and his girlfriend Kennedy Alexa are expecting another pair of twins, Richarlison and his partner Amanda Araujo have had a baby, and Dejan Kulusevski has got married to fellow Swedish footballer Eldina Ahmic.
According to the Times, Tottenham have an automated process for blocking accounts that direct abuse at their players.
However, these particular posts did not reach the level of ‘mailcious communications’ required in the club’s opinion, but all the same the originators were blocked.
Their statement continued: ‘Tottenham Hotspur is proud of the rich diversity that exists within all our communities and amongst our global fanbase. Abuse and discrimination of any kind has no place at our club, within our game or within wider society.
‘In line with our published sanctions and banning policy, the club reserves the right to take action against individuals using discriminatory and/or threatening or abusive language towards players, whether in the stadium or online.
Solomon was on loan at Leeds United last season as they won the Championship league title
He and Dana have been together for seven years and married at a grand ceremony in Israel
‘This may extend to reporting, removing or hiding comments and, in some instances, blocking offending accounts — on all social media platforms other than X, this is an automated process carried out via an online tool deployed by the club.’
Solomon is due back for pre-season training with Tottenham in early July but is unable to fly out due to the airspace closing down.
‘We are constantly in regular dialogue with all our players regarding their wellbeing and welfare,’ a spokesperson told the BBC.
He and Dana, who have been together for seven years, married at the Kahi Events Resort in Israel, where they threw an extravagant party.
