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Fergie in Roberts blast Prem managers
The Reading striker will boycott the famous shirt before their game at Liverpool as he believes the anti-discrimination body has failed to tackle racism.
But Manchester United boss Ferguson raged: I have to disagree with Jason Roberts. I think he is making the wrong point.
Everyone should be united, with all the players in the country wearing the Kick It Out warm-up tops.
I dont know what point he is trying to make.
I dont know if he is trying to put himself on a different pedestal from everyone. But he really should be supporting all the rest of the players who are doing it.
"If everyone believes in it you should do it together. We shouldn't have sheep wandering off.
"All the players will be wearing T-shirts I've only heard that Jason Roberts is different.
"He's very different. He plays his game in the studio 20 minutes after it. It's a great privilege."
Roberts revealed yesterday how he does not feel Kick It Out have been strident enough in their response to the John Terry and Luis Suarez racial abuse incidents.
The veteran forward declared: I find it hard to wear a T-shirt after what has happened in the last year. I wont wear one.
Im totally committed to kicking racism out of football but when theres a movement I feel represents the issue in the way that speaks for me and my colleagues, then I will happily support it.
I think people feel let down by what used to be called Lets Kick Racism Out of Football. People dont feel like they have been strong enough.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger though agrees with Ferguson and believes football needs a united front.
The Frenchman said: I feel that black players are the main targets and if they do not join in it makes the whole thing not efficient and not credible. We need all to fight together against that.
They have faced the most abuse, so I think it is important they are on board.
If they feel the punishments are not hard enough they have to express that in a different way, but I think that it would be sad if they do not join in."
Manchester City gaffer Roberto Mancini also weighed into the debate, indicating that all of his players would wear the Kick it Out shirts.
But the Italian believes isolated use of racist words in the heat of the moment were different from sustained bouts of racist chanting from the stands.
He said: Sometimes, we hear some forms of racism but sometimes they are stupid things because when you are on the pitch you say one thing that you dont think.
"This is a different situation, but we need to work together for this.
Here we are all against every form of racism. We dont need to put this (gesturing to his T-shirt) on, we are like this.
