Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge, who will make his England debut as a substitute against Sweden at Wembley, has been the target of alleged racist abuse from his own club’s fans.

An investigation has been launched at Stamford Bridge following the complaint from a Chelsea executive club member that a fellow wealthy supporter had loudly called Sturridge a ‘monkey’ during the Champions League game away at Belgian club Genk two weeks ago.

The inquiry is in addition to Chelsea’s joint probe with the police and the Genk football authorities to identify the travelling fans at the same match who were chanting ‘Anton  Ferdinand, you know what you are’.

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This was in moronic support of the alleged  racist foul language from Chelsea captain John Terry, supposedly directed at QPR’s Ferdinand, that the Metropolitan Police are investigating.

The Sturridge abuse came from the €100-a-seat section at the top of the main stand reserved for Chelsea’s 300-strong group of well-heeled  executive club members and Samsung sponsors that included Martin Broughton, chairman of British Airways, and computer multi-millionaire Peter Harrison.

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