8. Enzo Fernandez

[TheHulk 2,401]

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

Mate Fofana did nothing wrong. 
 

There is no rift without Enzo. Jesus dude. You’re so deluded. 

He clearly made the situation worse for the club, could've at least stay put and let the club deal with it instead of making that post on Instagram and drawing more attention to the club. I don't see Alvarez or Martinez teammates saying anything about it.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Chelsea say they have “instigated an internal disciplinary procedure” against Enzo Fernández over his involvement in chants that included racist and homophobic slurs about members of the France team.

This will blow over. Maresca will sort them all out in pre season

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, TheHulk said:

Looks like Jackson showing maturity unlike Wesley who couldn't even have a bit of patience and wait for Enzo to apologize and have Chelsea deal with it internally. 

They've both done the right thing.

Fofana has rightly called somebody out on a stupid, insensitive, discriminatory action, teammate or not and the social media unfollowing, etc are a stand to show that this is wrong and shouldn't be brushed under the carpet.

Jackson is offering the olive branch probably knowing his year with Enzo that he isn't a racist person and he's made a mistake.

It might sound stupid right now, but something like this in the longer run might actually help this squad develop a stronger bond moving forward, encourage characters to assume leadership in that dressing room, etc.

[NFAS 4]

8 hours ago, Vesper said:

We are insane if we sell Enzo over this 

fine him, sure

but have him meet with the players and work it out

What if they can’t work it out?

[Mhsc 1,091]

Would imagine the players who were actually fit and trained/played with Enzo all year will give him the benefit of the doubt and get over it quickly. Harder to see the group that have barely met him (Fofana, Nkunku etc) letting it go, possibly ever. At best we can hope they can manage to play and train as professionals but the togetherness you want in a squad will likely never be there.

During the Euro final I was talking to my friends about how crazy football transfer fees are, when you think that all it takes is 5s of a player saying something racist and your £100m is gone forever. And you can't control what footballers say or really know what their beliefs are ahead of time. I'd assume Enzo will get fined for this but it is hard to see what the path back for him is. It probably exists but it wont be easy at all.

Edited July 17, 2024 by Mhsc

[Fernando 6,585]

Plus I don't think he was that good for Argentina. 

He was just mediocre like he was with us for most of the season. 

 

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

He clearly made the situation worse for the club, could've at least stay put and let the club deal with it instead of making that post on Instagram and drawing more attention to the club. I don't see Alvarez or Martinez teammates saying anything about it.

I am sorry but you have shown time and time again in this thread you have no idea what your talking about. Like 6th or 7th time now. Only person who made the situation worse was Fernandez in the first place. Arguing otherwise is just stupidity.

[cosmicway 1,333]

14 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

@cosmicway what do you think? We need expert analysis.

was that the song ?
 

 

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Full lyrics to 'racist' chant from Enzo Fernandez video as Chelsea investigate

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1924266/Enzo-fernandez-racist-chant-Chelsea-argentina

the Argentine contingent was captured on camera belting out the offensive chant, which included racist and transphobic language. The lyrics began with: "On passport, French nationality, listen, spread the word, they play in France, but they are all...", followed by an abrupt call to "cut the video".

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

Wonder how Fofana feels when he sees comment section under club official post on social media. I saw on Instagram and majority is supporting Enzo. 

[bluesman2610 1,415]

3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Looks like Jackson showing maturity unlike Wesley who couldn't even have a bit of patience and wait for Enzo to apologize and have Chelsea deal with it internally. 

You’re really going to blame the victims of the insensitive and abuse. Are you sure that’s the stance you would like to take?

[bluesman2610 1,415]

4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Wonder how Fofana feels when he sees comment section under club official post on social media. I saw on Instagram and majority is supporting Enzo. 

Fofana wasn’t the only player to unfollow Enzo. The problem is if the club don’t take this seriously they could have quite a few very unhappy players on their hands.