Fernandez Faces 12-Match Over Racist Chants Video

Enzo Fernandez could face a ban of up to 12 matches for taking part in a racist and transphobic chant while on duty for Argentina, according to a top sports lawyer.

Fernandez came under fire for sharing an Instagram Live which showed him and other Albiceleste team-mates singing that France’s players are ‘all from Angola’ and mocking their multi-ethnic heritage in the wake of the team’s Copa America victory.

Fernandez’s Chelsea team-mate Wesley Fofana was the first to accuse him of ‘uninhibited racism’ in a social media post – which attracted a slew of racist tolls to attack the France international in response.

Many of Fernandez’s French team-mates, including Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto, and Axel Disasi, opted to unfollow him on Instagram, shortly before the Argentine shared a public apology which stressed that ‘those words do not express (his) beliefs and character’.

Chelsea then issued their own statement condemning their player’s actions and announcing that they would be launching an internal disciplinary procedure in the wake of the incident.