Yaya Touré does not believe that the international football federation, Fifa, is doing enough to eradicate racism in football.
"People at Fifa don't care about this anyway, we have talked about this before but it continues," he says.
- I don't want to say I'm not worried, I'm worried.
The 36-year-old midfielder, formerly in Barcelona and Manchester City but now in Chinese Qingdao, also thinks players themselves need to take clearer action. Touré comments in particular on the qualifying match between Bulgaria and England, which had to be interrupted twice due to racist behavior - aplomb and Nazi greetings from the stands - but where the players still chose to finish the match.
- It's a shame, why are you playing for England? They just talk all the time, blah blah blah, and then what? Nothing has changed, says Touré, who believes that the English players should have stepped off the pitch.
- They have to be serious about this, the players have to do things that have consequences, otherwise they (the racists) will continue, he says.
The former Ivory Coast national team player says he noticed a different mentality at the stands in China.
- When I play here, no one bores me because I'm black, it's a different culture, they respect one. In Europe, they respect no one at all.