Manchester City defender Micah Richards has closes Twitter account after being the sufferer of racist abuse.

Last year police investigated the posting of offensive feedback on the footballer official Twitter page.

The Daily Mail and Each day Mirror report that the footballer has now decided to shut his Twitter account on account of abuse by numerous people.

The 23-yr-old right back has additionally performed for England.

Nevertheless, he was largely ignored by former England manager Fabio Capello and has not gained an international cap since November 2010.

Checks by the BBC verify that the footballer’s official account has been closed, though there is no indication of when this took place.

Abuse on Twitter investigated by police in November was thought to have been posted on the website by somebody based mostly in Lincolnshire.

At the time, Lincolnshire Police posted a warning on its Twitter web page to anybody who is likely to be tempted to put up abusive comments.

It stated “deleting feedback doesn’t work”.

And a spokesman for Manchester City stated the club was conscious that police were investigating the matter due  Micah Richards has closes Twitter account.