Rob Edwards Reveals Wolves Collaboration With EPL Over Probe Into Tolu Arokodare’s Racial Abuse

Ahead of the game against Aston Villa, Wolves head coach Rob Edwards has revealed the club’s ongoing support for Tolu Arokodare who was racially abused last weekend, stating that they are working closely with EPL in probing the perpetrators.

The Nigerian forward received several racist insult which he shared on his social media handle after missing a penalty against Crystal Palace with Wolves losing the game to deepen relegation woes.

“It’s been a really difficult week for him. He was upset and angered by it, understandably so. We’ve supported him, and I’ve had a few individual chats with him, we’ve spoken about it as a group as well, to make sure that we get around him and support him. Then he’s had overwhelming support from a lot of Wolves fans and other people reaching out, which is really good.

We stand with Tolu Arokodare after our striker received disgusting racial abuse on social media.https://t.co/thrYmElLVu

— Wolves (@Wolves) February 22, 2026

 “The Premier League have been in touch, so there’s support there, but again, we’re talking about something that we’re having to do far too many times. There have been a number of very high profile instances over this last week, which is really sad.

“Since I’ve been a manager, there’s been a number of times when my players have had to deal with this, and the sad thing about it is that all of them have had it before, and that’s really tough to hear. The unfortunate thing is that we can’t forget about it, because we’re going to be hearing about it again in the future, there could be someone this weekend, there probably will be, which is so wrong.

“Without knowing how certain things happen, how certain accounts are able to be opened or accessed or whatever, I know a lot of the abuse has come from accounts from maybe the other side of the world or somewhere else, and it’s difficult to track these people down.

“The authorities and the police know, Tolu will be asked to give a statement at some stage over the next few days, but it becomes difficult to stop that. Without going into the social media companies and the ones that are actually giving them the platform, and whether they can do more – I’m sure they can – then we’ll be hearing a lot more about it.”

He is expected to lead the lines today when Aston Villa visit the Molineux Stadium this night.