Wesley Fofana Says Fernandez Is Not A Racist: After a lot of chaos, France and Chelsea Fofana came out to say that his teammate Enzo Fernandez is not ‘racist’.
Background
After Argentina won the 2024 Copa America, Enzo Fernandez and his Argentinian teammates were chanting a racist song that thrashed African Americans as well as transgenders. The video went viral, and Enzo’s teammate at Chelsea slammed him publicly, calling the act ’racist’.
The social media and football world did pity Enzo’s deed. Many of Enzo’s Chelsea teammates unfollowed him on social media. The world was curious how it would affect Chelsea when the players returned from vacation.
Later, it came to light that Chelsea had resolved the issue internally without giving a strong public statement against racism.
Wesley Fofana Says Fernandez Is Not A Racist
Now, Fofana has spoken out, saying that the Argentinian is not racist.
“You see Enzo is back and I’m happy,” Fofana said. “We talked together. I explained why I didn’t like the video. He explained. He said sorry because he did not want to hurt French fans or anyone. He did not understand when singing it.
“And I trust him. Because I know him. I know Enzo. He is not racist. It is just the video is bad. It’s not only Enzo. It’s the Argentinian team. Enzo is in the video but if he was from another country, I would have posted the same thing. For sure, it was a big story because we play in the same team.
“But now it is done, it’s good. I’m happy with this situation because he understands me, I understand him, he said sorry, I trust him, and that is the most important thing. Enzo is a big player in Argentina. I hope this has educated him a bit, because for sure, it is a different culture.”
“If I’m on one side and Enzo is on the other side and we fight every day or we don’t talk or we’re not happy, on the pitch then we don’t play well,” the former Leicester City defender added. “That’s not only me and Enzo. It’s all the team. It is for that, that we talked. It’s a good club.”
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