- Enzo Fernandez filmed a video of his Argentine friends singing on Sunday
- The song, a racist chant about a French player, has been widely condemned
- Wesley Fofana, Fernandez’s Chelsea team-mate, calls it ‘unfettered racism’
Chelsea faced a major dressing room rebellion after Enzo Fernandez was accused of ‘unbridled racism’ by team-mate Wesley Fofana over a video posted of the Argentina squad celebrating their Copa America victory.
The Blues are investigating controversial footage which shows an Argentina player singing about how the French player is ‘from Angola’ or has a ‘Nigerian’ mother and a ‘Cameroonian’ father.
Fofana, who is French and the son of an Ivorian father, posted the video on X, formerly Twitter, with the caption: ‘Football in 2024: racism without barriers’.
Chelsea have many French players in their squad including Fofana, Malo Gusto, Lesley Ugochukwu, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile.
A source close to the players told Mail Sport that Chelsea’s French contingent are angry with Fernandez.
Enzo Fernandez recorded a video of the Argentina team singing a racist song about France
The video has been widely condemned, including by the French Football Federation
The video was taken after Argentina beat Colombia on Sunday to win the Copa America
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana, who also plays for France, has been outraged by the video. He is one of three Blues players who do not follow Fernandez on Instagram
Fofana reposted the video via X along with the words: ‘Football in 2024: racism without barriers’
Fofana, Disasi and Gusto have unfollowed Fernandez on Instagram.
The song originated from the 2022 World Cup final when Argentina beat France on penalties and the players were recorded singing it after Colombia’s victory in the Copa America final on Sunday night.
French Football Federation (FFF) president Philippe Diallo labeled the footage ‘racist and discriminatory’ and vowed to take legal action with a complaint to FIFA.
“Faced with the seriousness of this terrible comment, which is against the values ​​of sport and human rights, the president of the FFF decided to immediately challenge his Argentine partner and FIFA and file a legal complaint for insulting remarks of a racist and discriminatory nature.” added the FFF.
Chelsea are carrying out their own investigation after the man who spent an English record £107 million in January 2023 found himself at the center of the storm. Sources at Chelsea say they are taking the matter seriously and will do so.
The song got its public debut when Argentina fans sang it on TV during the 2022 World Cup
He said the French squad was ‘all from Angola’ and that he was ‘a transgender person like Mbappe’.
Fernandez smiled but quickly ended his Instagram live broadcast as the song began
Eduardo Camavinga is the only French player at the 2022 World Cup who was born in Angola
It comes just months after former Chelsea player Jimmy Aggrey spoke out about the racist abuse he suffered at the hands of two coaches when he was young.
Aggrey is one of four former players taking civil action against Chelsea over their treatment at the hands of Gwyn Williams, who was reportedly banned for life by the FA, and Graham Rix, who was sent to prison for underage sex offences. . Each former player received a six-figure sum.
