Telegraph:
Manchester City are to raise concerns with Manchester United over the threat of chants of a racist nature being directed at Emmanuel Adebayor during the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sept 20.
As in previous seasons, officials from the two clubs are due to hold informal discussions in the build-up to the game in an effort to ensure that the fixture passes off without incident.
With Adebayor due to play in his first derby for City following his £25 million summer transfer from Arsenal, officials at Eastlands are determined to avoid the striker being subjected to a chant, laced with racist overtones and personal insults, that has been circulating on fans' websites and on YouTube.
Following Carlos Tévez's summer defection from United to City and comments by Sir Alex Ferguson labelling City as a "small club with a small mentality", the rivalry between supporters has increased significantly in recent months.
Despite City's travelling supporters impeccably honouring a minute's silence prior to the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford in February 2008 for those killed in the Munich air disaster, City will reiterate, in the match programme for next week's Eastlands clash against Arsenal, their call for supporters not to taunt United followers with Munich chants.
Prior to the 2008 derby at Old Trafford, City supporters received an open letter from captain Richard Dunne and then-manager Sven-Goran Eriksson urging them to show respect.
While accepting they face an ongoing battle to eradicate the Munich chanting, City are keen to avoid tensions being inflamed by an airing of the chants directed at Adebayor.
United have confirmed, however, that they will strictly enforce anti-racism regulations should any chants of a racist nature emerge.
A United spokesman said: "These kind of chants have no place in the modern game and we will enforce the ground regulations, and also hope that the police enforce the law."