Chelsea currently have six French players in the first-team ranks.
Chelsea are facing a potential crisis courtesy of a social media video posted by Enzo Fernandez that featured racist chanting. The 23-year-old cost in excess of £105m when signing from Benfica last year.
Enzo recently participated in Copa America 2024 and won the trophy. He also won the FIFA World Cup in 2022. The Argentine will take a break before participating in pre-season training.
In the aftermath of the success in the US, Fernandez posted a video on social media of himself and his teammates chanting a racist song towards French people.
The song in question featured the words: “They play for France, but their parents are from Angola. Their mother is from Cameroon, while their father is from Nigeria. But their passport says French.”
FFF president Philippe Diallo quickly condemned the video, saying in a press release: “The President of the Federation Française de Football, Philippe Diallo, condemns in the strongest possible terms the unacceptable racist and discriminatory comments made against players of the French national team in the context of a song sung by players and supporters of the Argentina team after its victory in the Copa America and broadcast in a video on social networks.
“In view of the seriousness of these shocking remarks, which run counter to the values of sport and human rights, the President of the FFF has decided to take his Argentine counterpart and FIFA directly to court and to file a complaint for racially offensive and discriminatory remarks.”
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana took to social media to show and condemn the video with the caption of ‘Football in 2024. Unabashed racism.’Â Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi have unfollowed Fernandez on Instagram.
Chelsea currently have six French players in the first-team ranks, the other being Benoit Badiashile, Lesley Ugochukwu and Christopher Nkunku.
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