Wife of Manchester City star forced to restrict Instagram comments amid hate campaign | OneFootball

The comments section on Instagram posts from the wife of Manchester City star Ederson have now been restricted and limited amid an ongoing hate campaign.

The long-standing Manchester City number one choice goalkeeper has seen his future at the Etihad Stadium thrown into serious doubt over the course of the last 24 months, attracting serious transfer interest from Saudi Arabia.

The understanding in various quarters is that Ederson himself has been interested by the prospect of taking his career to the Middle-East, but has shown no intention of forcing an exit away from the Etihad Stadium.

Instead, the stance taken by Manchester City officials has been one of openness to a parting of ways with Ederson, providing any potential suitor matched their valuation on one of Pep Guardiola’s most important players – believed to be £50 million last summer.

This time around, Ederson has spoken openly about his desire to remain at the club into another season, despite talk around a potential changing of the guard between the posts that could see FC Porto’s Diogo Costa arrive.

“My future is here,” Ederson told reporters in the United States at the FIFA Club World Cup. “Some friends send me a lot of news but 99 per cent is fake,” he added. “There’s a lot of fake news around my name.”

Ederson continued, “My head is staying at the club. It stays with Manchester City It gives me everything to go back to the Premier League again and try to win the Champions League as well.”

But after a string of individual errors at the US-hosted tournament that not only led to an equalising goal for Juventus in the group stage, but also perhaps enabled Al Hilal to score too easily en route to their last-16 win, supporters have become increasingly aggravated.

In direct response to concerning performances from the 31-year-old, the hashtag ‘EdersonOut’ has been utilised by fans across the globe, while others have seemingly taken the hugely unnecessary and distasteful step of targeting the goalkeeper’s family.

As spotted by users this week, the wife of the Manchester City goalkeeper, Lais Moraes has been forced to limit and restrict comments on her Instagram posts amid abuse and threats targeted at the Brazilian shot-stopper and his family.

At present, there has been no response from the Manchester City star to activity on social media concerning his position as the club’s number one choice between the posts, with all of Pep Guardiola’s first-team squad currently away on holiday.

Following their FIFA Club World Cup exit, the entire squad has been granted around four weeks away from duties to rest and recover ahead of a returning to training ground duties at the end of July.

While director of football Hugo Viana will no doubt remain hard at work aiming to trim and reshape the squad in the meantime, there is also nothing to suggest that Ederson will be part of the departing contingent this summer, despite some strong feelings from supporters.