LaLiga have launched an investigation into a video that has surfaced on social media of a child who has allegedly 'made a racist comment to Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr', according to reports.
The incident occurred during his side's 2-2 draw against Valencia on Saturday night, in which the Brazilian scored twice on his return to the Mestalla Stadium for the first time since he was racially abused there last season.
According to The Athletic a video has emerged online of a 'child allegedly calling Vinicius a monkey', which LaLiga are investigating.
The report claims that the the Brazilian woman who took the video said told ESPN that police were called during the match.
The forward had been targeted by monkey chants at the Mestalla stadium last season.
Vinicius was also shown a red card for violent conduct during that match but had the sending off rescinded.
Valencia were also fined £39,000 and ordered to partially close part of their stadium for five games following the abuse directed toward the Real Madrid star.
The club strongly condemned the chants that were made towards Vinicius after the game, writing: 'Valencia CF will ban for life the fans who racially abused Vinícius Jr,' they wrote on Twitter on Monday afternoon.
'The Club strongly condemn this behaviour, which has no place in football and does not correspond to the values of Valencia CF and our fanbase.'
Vinicius also took to social media to hit out at the abuse he'd suffered last year, writing: 'It wasn't the first time, nor the second, nor the third. Racism is normal in LaLiga. The competition thinks it's normal, the Federation does too and the opponents encourage it. I'm so sorry.
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