Chelsea have begun disciplinary proceedings against midfielder Enzo Fernandez after he posted a video on social media that the French Football Federation said included an alleged "racist and discriminatory" chant.
"The song includes highly offensive language and there is absolutely no excuse for these words," said Fernandez.
"I stand against discrimination in all forms and apologise for getting caught up in the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations.
"That video, that moments, those words, do not reflect my beliefs or my character."
A Chelsea statement read: "We acknowledge and appreciate our player’s public apology and will use this as an opportunity to educate.
"The club has instigated an internal disciplinary procedure."
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What was the song exactly about and how will this affect the players at Chelsea?
Fernandez faces disciplinary for Racism
posted on 18/7/24
comment by CurrentlyInPoland (U11181)
posted 11 minutes ago
Javier Mascherano has come out and said Enzo isn't racist and that this is all to due to cultural misunderstanding.
And the Vice President of Argentina has defended the song and said they will take on anyone that accuses them of racism
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exactly, posters may have posted the 'literal definition' but its still all subjective.. doesn't make it correct.
posted on 18/7/24
It really does and it’s not subjective at all.
posted on 18/7/24
comment by CurrentlyInPoland (U11181)
posted 28 minutes ago
Javier Mascherano has come out and said Enzo isn't racist and that this is all to due to cultural misunderstanding.
And the Vice President of Argentina has defended the song and said they will take on anyone that accuses them of racism
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Argentines hiding behind cultural differences, imagine my shock.
posted on 18/7/24
*misunderstandings
posted on 18/7/24
This is quite a good article by the BBC's South America football correspondent, shedding light on the Argentinian context, including the prevalence of explicit racism in football, justified as banter, the current president's war on wokery, and a national blind spot around the racist logic that saw the country attempt to 'civilize' itself by importing white European workers so that the proportion of people of African heritage (once as high as a third) dropped dramatically.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpe39n00ng2o
posted on 18/7/24
comment by Robbing Hoody - I want to play by my own rules and if I can’t I’ll sue you (U6374)
posted 5 hours, 33 minutes ago
Will do
RDD thinking he’s hard is amusing.
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He is the biggessed snowflake on hear
posted on 18/7/24
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 6 hours, 2 minutes ago
This is quite a good article by the BBC's South America football correspondent, shedding light on the Argentinian context, including the prevalence of explicit racism in football, justified as banter, the current president's war on wokery, and a national blind spot around the racist logic that saw the country attempt to 'civilize' itself by importing white European workers so that the proportion of people of African heritage (once as high as a third) dropped dramatically.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpe39n00ng2o
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Read that earlier. I've read about how they wanted to breed in the "civilised" into the "uncivilised".
posted on 18/7/24
comment by The Spanish Italians - It dint come home (U21595)
posted 8 hours, 29 minutes ago
comment by CurrentlyInPoland (U11181)
posted 11 minutes ago
Javier Mascherano has come out and said Enzo isn't racist and that this is all to due to cultural misunderstanding.
And the Vice President of Argentina has defended the song and said they will take on anyone that accuses them of racism
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exactly, posters may have posted the 'literal definition' but its still all subjective.. doesn't make it correct.
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How can the definition of a word be subjective?
posted on 19/7/24
comment by Robbing Hoody - I want to play by my own rules and if I can’t I’ll sue you (U6374)
posted 15 hours, 58 minutes ago
Worth noting that he’s apologised profusely, both his club and country are investigating it and his team mates have complained.
There’s not really a discussion to be had.
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Exactly
Hence why nobody came in for a discussion, just to continue their role in this repetitive lord of the flies drama.
posted on 19/7/24
Argentina is a darling amongst the white supremacists as it’s seen as one of the last bastions of whiteness (for the sake of this they accept Latin Americans as white apparently)
Was this song racist? IMO yes and at best it’s just plain ignorance over malevolence but I’d expect apologies at the very least