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Manchester United sack scout after racial slurs on Facebook

Manchester United have fired one of their scouts after allegations he posted racial slurs on Facebook.

A report in the Guardian claims Torben Aakjaer published anti-immigration posts on the social media website.

Those alleged posts now appear to have been removed.

United suspended Aakjaer after the allegations came to light and, after a brief investigation, they sacked the Dane.

"We have terminated our association with him [Aakjaer]," a United spokesman said on Wednesday night.

Responding to the initial claims, United issued a statement which ended: "Manchester United is an inclusive organisation and will not tolerate this sort of behaviour."

Aakjaer, who has previously worked at Hamburg, started scouting for United in 2011.