Italian police have told Tottenham fans coming to watch their side in Champions League action at Inter Milan on Wednesday not to bring Star of David banners.
The star is a traditional club symbol extending beyond religious connotations – though the London side do have a solid base of Jewish fans.
But the Italians have told visiting fans to leave the banners at home, just in case.
“The police authorities have advised that those flags showing the Star of David will not be allowed access and may be confiscated. Please respect this request,” the English Premier League club said in a message posted on its website, www.tottenhamhotspur.com.
The Star of David flags have an association with Spurs going back to the club’s early days in the 1880s.
News that the banners would not be welcome angered the chairman of the Maccabi Italia association of Jews in Italy, Vittorio Pavoncello, who the ANSA news agency quoted as saying that the police might do “better to ban those who insult this symbol”.
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