- Enzo Fernandez filmed a video of his Argentina team-mates singing on Sunday
- The song, a racist chant about French players, has been widely condemned
- Wesley Fofana, a Chelsea team-mate of Fernandez, called it ‘uninhibited racism’
Chelsea face a major dressing room revolt after Enzo Fernandez was accused of ‘uninhibited racism’ by team-mate Wesley Fofana over a video he posted of the Argentina squad celebrating their Copa America triumph.
The Blues are investigating the controversial footage which appeared to show the Argentina players singing about how French players are ‘from Angola’ or have 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: uninhibited racism’.
Chelsea have a large number of French players among their squad including Fofana, Malo Gusto, Lesley Ugochukwu, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile.
Sources close to the players have told Mail Sport that Chelsea’s French contingent are furious with Fernandez.
Enzo Fernandez filmed a video of the Argentina team singing a racist chant about France
The video has been widely condemned, including by the French Football Federation
The video was shot after Argentina beat Colombia on Sunday to win the Copa America
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana, who also plays for France, has vented his disgust at the video. He is one of three Blues players to unfollow Fernandez on Instagram
Fofana reposted the video via X alongside the words: ‘Football in 2024: uninhibited racism’
Fofana, Disasi and Gusto have all unfollowed Fernandez on Instagram.
The song dates back to the 2022 World Cup final in which Argentina defeated France on penalties and the players were filmed singing it after their victory over Colombia in the Copa America final on Sunday night.
French Football Federation (FFF) president Philippe Diallo branded the footage ‘racist and discriminatory’ and vowed to take legal action with a complaint to FIFA.
‘Faced with the seriousness of these shocking remarks, contrary to the values of sport and human rights, the president of the FFF decided to directly challenge his Argentine counterpart and FIFA and to file a legal complaint for insulting remarks of a racial and discriminatory nature,’ added the FFF.
Chelsea are conducting their own probe after the man they spent a British-record £107million on in January 2023 found himself at the centre of a storm. Sources at Chelsea say they are taking the matter seriously and will proceed accordingly.
The song originated in public when Argentina fans chanted it on TV at the 2022 World Cup
It claims the French squad ‘are all from Angola’ and that they ‘f*** transgender people like f***ing Mbappe’
Fernandez was grinning but quickly stopped the Instagram livestream when the song began
Eduardo Camavinga was 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 endured at the hands of two coaches as a teenager.
Aggrey was one of four former players who launched civil action against Chelsea over their treatment at the hands of Gwyn Williams, who was reportedly handed a secret lifetime ban by the FA, and Graham Rix, who was sent to prison for under-age sex offences. Each former player received a six-figure sum.
