The judge sentenced Jonathon Best, 52, from west London to 10 weeks in prison at Willesden magistrates court on Tuesday.

He pleaded guilty to sending by public communication network a grossly offensive or indecent or obscene or menacing message.

Elaine Cousins, from the Crown Prosecution Service, told PA Media:

“Jonathon Best took to Facebook to live stream a barrage of racist abuse at the three players who missed penalties during the game.

“He used social media to publicly vilify these three young men who tried to score for England. When approached by a Facebook friend asking him to remove the grossly offensive content, Best replied: ‘It’s my profile, I can do what I want.’

“There is absolutely no room in the game, nor elsewhere, for racism. The CPS is committed to bringing perpetrators of hate crime to justice where there is the evidence to do so.”

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— Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) November 4, 2021

The abuse took place after the Euro 2020 final this summer. Best used social media to insult the players after they missed the final three penalties. This led to the Three Lions losing the final.

The court heard that the individual, who was a work colleague and Facebook friend of Best’s, reported the 18-second Facebook video. The friend made the report to the social media platform and the police after Best refused to remove it.

Facebook eventually took the post down after three days.

“I would like to thank the individual who reported this appalling hate crime and I hope this prosecution goes some way in educating and deterring people from posting hate on social media,” Cousins added.

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Jadon Sancho had another good season with German team Borussia Dortmund this year making United more willing to spend big money on him.

The 21-year-old scored 16 goals and got 20 assists in all tournaments last year which helped Dortmund win a DFP Pokal.

United showed large interest in signing Sancho last season but negotiations fell through when the English side were not willing to spend £110 million on the youngster.

If England do well at Euro 2020 then United could be competing with Chelsea and Liverpool for the youngster with a higher price.

According to Laurie Whitwell of the Athletic, the Manchester team are confident that they could have Sancho signed before the start of the European Championships.

Whitwell say: “Negotiations have begun in earnest over a price for the 21-year-old and United have been given encouragement that Borussia Dortmund will accept a lower amount than last summer’s asking price.”

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— MUFC itk (@Utd_itk) June 3, 2021

England manager, Gareth Southgate would be hoping that the winger is more focused on their opening game of the European Championships against Croatia.

Sancho is preparing for the competition starting on the 11th of June with possibly his future club teammates Marcus Rashford, Dean Henderson and Luke Shaw.

Manchester United has strong attacking players for Sancho to compete with like Rashford, Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial.

It was clear in the Europa League final this season that the team relied to heavily on Bruno Fernandes for creativity and there is no denying the quality that Sancho could bring to the squad.

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— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) June 3, 2021

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