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London - Liverpool and Italy striker Mario Balotelli has received more than 4 000 racist messages via social media this season, according to new research from British anti-discrimination body Kick It Out.

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck and Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge have also been targeted with more than a thousand discriminatory messages.

In total, Kick it Out's research estimates there have been 134 000 discriminatory posts this season, and 39 000 of these directed towards Premier League players.

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