Anton Ferdinand says alleged racist abuse during a West Ham Legends game in the USA last summer still affects him, after new footage was released of the incident.
In June 2023, former Hammers defender Ferdinand led West Ham Legends off the pitch during the seven-a-side tournament in North Carolina after ex-West Ham forward Frank Nouble was allegedly racially abused by an opponent.
Ten months on from the incident, West Ham have released footage to Sky Sports News that shows how Ferdinand led the Legends side off and addressed the issue with team-mates behind closed doors.
After watching the footage back, Ferdinand told Sky Sports News: "It's going to bring up old wounds, of course.
"The only way to describe it is watching Vinicius Jnr in his press conference a few weeks ago. It just takes me back to the actual incident of when it happened and dealing with it on the day and putting on a front and trying to help my team-mates, the club and the staff.
"It was to do things the right way, trying to draw on all of my experiences from my own journey with racism within football and outside of football to then going into my room that night and feeling exactly how Vinicius Jnr did. But I done it off camera and done it when I was by myself in my room. But that's the length that it takes you to.
"I think a lot of people don't realise and understand the repercussions of racism and how it can make you feel - and it isn't even just the people that are racially abused. It's people that are around it that can have a massive effect on them and it surely did for me on that day, and still continues to do so just watching it."
Ex-West Ham forward Frank Nouble told Sky Sports News:
"It's tricky watching it back. It seems like such a long time ago and
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