Gaetan Bong wants the FA to throw the book at Jay Rodriguez over an alleged racist comment.

But the West Brom and England striker denies any wrongdoing in Saturday’s 2-0 win over Brighton.

The Seagulls defender ­informed referee Martin ­Atkinson of his anger at Rodriguez’s ­actions.

Bong told SFR Sport: “I think he was upset because I blocked him in the last play.

“After that, he said some words, some words that I would not repeat on television because this is mean and unpronounceable.

"He said racist comments and I just can’t take it.

Gaetan Bong made the shock accusation on French TV (
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He claims Rodriguez made a racist comments (
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Rodriguez in action (
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“As you can see, I looked for the referee to tell him. I told the referee what Rodriguez said to me. First, the referee told me to get back in position. I didn't accept that so easily.

“We’re in 2018. And we can not tolerate this. I can not tolerate this! “I talked to the referee. He did a report. And I hope there will be some sanctions."

Bong was then asked whether Rodriguez made a comparison between the smell and Bong’s skin colour when he appeared to pinch his nose.

"Absolutely," he said. "He did that because of the colour of my skin. Everybody can see this gesture. And I asked him to repeat what he said.

"At this moment, I think he realised what he said. And he tried to limit the damage.

"And I replied to him, 'No, what you said was racist. And I will not tolerate that.'

Bong and Brighton skipper Bruno talk to Martin Atkinson (
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"I signalled the gesture to the referee. This specific gesture to accentuate his comments.

"At the end of the game he tried to say ‘No I didn’t say that’.

"But I said, 'You can’t say that; not to a human being and most of all to a black man.'

"With everything that is happening in the world, with everything that has happened for many years. We are on a football pitch.

“This is already unbelievable coming from a fan [but] sometimes that can happen in a stadium.

“But when a football player said something like that, someone who earns a lot of money, someone who’s here to entertain... this gesture must be banned."

Rodriguez was caught on camera holding his nose

The FA will look into the incident after reading referee Martin Atkinson’s report. Craig Dawson had just headed the Baggies’ second goal when Bong and Rodriguez clashed near the touchline.

TV pictures show Rodriguez recoiling and holding his nose. Cameroon defender Bong then alerted the officials.

Atkinson did not take any action on the pitch, but consulted fourth official Tony Harrington.

Albion winger James McClean has defended his teammate, taking to Twitter to support Rodriguez.

McClean wrote: "When ever a person holds their nose and waves their hand over their mouth that always indicated that your breath stinks, for as long as iv (sic) known anyways, to suggest otherwise and put a mans reputation at risk is poor, given the man is one of the nicest blokes you could meet too".