Patrick Vieira believes points deductions and banning clubs from European competition is the only way to stamp out racist abuse in football.

Vieira, 36, said he never experienced racism during his lengthy playing career in England, but was surprised to see the topic dominate the agenda once more after a number of high-profile incidents.

“If you really want to fight racism, you will have to use a deduction of points against clubs or kick them out of competition,” Vieira said.

“That will stop it, of course. If you kick a club out of Europe because they couldn’t control their fans, it will happen once and I will guarantee it’s not going to happen twice.”