Atletico fans aim racist chant at Brazil star ahead of Madrid derby (VIDEO)

A group of fans are filmed calling Vinicius Jr a “monkey” at the Metropolitano Stadium

Atletico Madrid fans have gone viral after a clip of them singing a racist chant aimed at Real Madrid and Brazil star Vinicius Jr was uploaded to social media ahead of the Madrid derby.

The build-up to the late-night Sunday match has been dominated by a racism row surrounding the 21-year-old, which was triggered by debate as to whether he should do his samba dancing goal celebration if finding the back of the net in the fixture.

On the El Chiringuito de Jugones program on Spanish television on Thursday night, leading agent Pedro Bravo ordered Vinicius to “dejar de ser el mono,” which means ‘stop clowning around’ in Spanish, but can be literally translated as ‘stop being a monkey.’

“Vinicius will have to respect opponents. If you want to dance, go to the Sambadrome in Brazil. In Spain you have to respect the opposition and stop clowning around,” Bravo said in full.

While Bravo later apologized for his outburst and said that he had “misused” the phrase to communicate that Vinicius Jr was “doing stupid things” with his celebration, a group of Atletico Madrid fans have reignited the row, as shown in a clip shared by radio station Cope on Twitter and already been seen more than two million times.