GLEN Kamara has yet to receive an apology from the Slavia Prague player who racially abused him, the Rangers star's lawyer has said.
Aamer Anwar confirmed neither Ondrej Kudela nor anyone else from the Czech club had reached out to the midfielder to say sorry after an appeal against a finding from European football's governing body was thrown out yesterday.
Kudela - who called Kamara "a f****** monkey" during a heated Europa League clash at Ibrox in March - will now miss this summer's Euros as he serves a 10-game ban for the slur.
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And while welcoming news that the 34-year-old's appeal had been rejected by UEFA, Mr Anwar said the suspension should have been more severe.
In a statement, the Glasgow lawyer said: "It is welcome news that UEFA has turned down the appeal of Ondrej Kudela for his racist abuse of Glen Kamara, this vindicates Glen’s position and rubbishes the false claims made against him.
"However, the 10 match ban by UEFA is shameful tokenism, it was the barest minimum and if UEFA expect to be taken seriously then it’s time they started banning players for a minimum of one year with significant fines that hurt the pockets of clubs like Slavia Prague.
"Glen is yet to receive a full apology from either Kudela, the club or some of their fans for engaging in a campaign of bile and race hate since the match.
"Glen now just wants to get on with playing football and doing his best at the Euros, one can only hope that Kudela reflects on his shameful behaviour."
Kudela was found guilty of calling Kamara “a f****** monkey” in Rangers" second-leg last 16 ties with Slavia Prague in the Europa League by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body.
The defender subsequently appealed the ruling that found him guilty of using a racist slur and maintained that he had only used offensive language towards the Finnish midfielder.
In the immediate aftermath of the match, Slavia Prague claimed Kudela, who made a direct line to whisper the remark in Kamara’s ear, had called the Rangers player “a f****** guy”.
Kudela’s legal team had contested there was insufficient "compelling evidence" to prove what had been said, but UEFA has confirmed their original decision which was taken on April 14.
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The Czech Republic face Scotland in their EURO 2020 tournament opener at Hampden park on June 14.
In a statement, UEFA said: "The appeal lodged by Mr Ondrej Kudela has been dismissed. Consequently, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body’s (CEDB) decision of April 14, 2021, is confirmed.
"The CEDB had decided to suspend SK Slavia Praha player, Mr Ondrej Kudela, for the next 10 UEFA club and representative team competition matches for which he would otherwise be eligible to play, for racist behaviour."
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