A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested today after Premier League goalscorer Wilfried Zaha was sent sickening racist messages online.

The Crystal Palace winger posted screenshots of messages which threatened him and called him a "black c***"

The account is shown to have sent two messages ahead of Palace's game with Aston Villa today with one reading: "You better not score tomorrow you black c***."

The other read: "Or I'll come to your house dressed as a ghost."

A disgusting image of the Ku Klux Klan, a racist hate group based in the US, was also sent to the footballer.

Zaha captioned the screenshots: "Woke up to this today."