Stan Collymore: 'Give Roberto Firmino 10-match ban if guilty of racism'

Stan Collymore has stressed that Roberto Firmino should be hit with a 10-match ban if found guilty of racially abusing Mason Holgate.

  "Everyone knows my stance on racism — that any player or manager found guilty of it should have the book thrown at them," former Reds striker Collymore told The Mirror. "We will now have to wait for referee Robert Madley's report into the incident between Firmino and Holgate before we can draw any conclusions on it. "Firmino is, of course, innocent until proven guilty. If he is found guilty then a 10-game ban, a ­serious talking-to and compulsory attendance on a racism education course has to be meted out. And, if not, then of course there is no case to answer. "Whatever the outcome, though, I hope this finally moves the ­governing bodies to get their acts together on these issues and make things clear once and for all."