Enzo Fernandez apologizes for Instagram video during Argentina’s Copa America celebrations | ESPN FC
ESPN FC’s Dan Thomas, Shaka Hislop and Craig Burley discuss Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez issuing an apology following an Instagram video posted during Argentina’s Copa America celebrations.
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Suarez literally said the N word he just got banned for few matches and he didn't apologize either 😜
"They've got to get rid of him!!"
I hear some ridiculous comments.
Do you know how much this persons value has depreciated?
So Chelsea have written off about £60 million for Lukaku and another £65 million for Fernandez.
Chelsea are not in the Champions League anymore and cannot afford to sell him.
At this moment, no one is paying more than £40 million for him.
Would you sell your home for 35% of it'd original value?
The only clubs who might be interested in Fernandez are Atletico and Juve, maybe Napoli. None of those clubs are spending big anymore
France should apologize for what they did to Africa what about that
You dont have to be sorry. he told the truth👊
BS. They think it's always ok if you just say "oops I am sorry!". F that! If you have to apologize then you should not have done it in the first place and you should know that!
Is SHAKA the only person with a take on this really, what about the French people….?
I don’t understand, they call every country in Europe colonialists but most of the good ones play here.
Why do they take money that is made by colonialism.
If i was Argentinian i would just go back home and sing all i want.
When France play Argentina next time – what a game that will be (media will be all over it)
Didn't the Argentine fans sing this song before the World Cup final?
Didn't Argentina win the Best FIFA fan award?
What does that say about FIFA?
How can they award Argentina for having the best fans at the World Cup then fine the AFA after their players sung the same song?
As a black man I state this: Messi should not apologise for his team mates, he wasn't there on the team bus and they are all grown men, Enzo made a huge mistake and he should be punished because he is a professional sportsman who should know better along with everyone else who sang that song – growing up in the 70s and 80s going to stadiums every week, West ham – Arsenal – Fulham – Spurs – Brentford – Millwall you name it – Chelsea was the only ground that I stayed away from, NF everywhere no go stadium for black fans unless you knew someone – how on earth are there so many black people supporting Chelsea today I just don't understand – Enzo messed up big time but don't kill him for it. Chelsea's history regards to fans is the worst in the country by far, lived it and saw it.
So the minister said they have to apologize for singing a racist song and then the president fires him lol.. I don't think I heard correctly… what??? lol wow!!!
A brain that sings racist songs about french players after copa america, could not come up with that official statement.
What a pile on. They consider this racist and needing of apologies these days.
Argentina are know racist here in the west everybody knows that
En la Argentina no somo R@cistas..!! No tenemos problemas con los Inmigrantes…
ARGENTINA siempre estuvo encontra de la ESCLAVITUD de las personas xeso NO aceptaba los BARCOS CON PERSONAS NEGRAS…. NO COMO ALGUNOS PAISES COLONIZADORES DE EUROPA… ( que tenian hasta zoológicos de personas ) y ahora nos quieren venir a dar una MORAL DE ÉTICA
Only Shaka Can Deal & Discuss Racist Matters.🤔
I absolutely loved the song
It’s about time Argentinians in general start to respect minorities. They see it as a joke but in this day if they want to be part of football they need to respect. We all know they’re going to be racist forever but at least respect.
Black people so sensitive bruh. Yall racist for that. Preach
😂😂😂 BLACK PEOPLE HURT NOW??? HOW IS THAT RACIST. GO BACK TO AFRICA THEN SO PROUD
Argentina has always been racist country
My opinion, with all due respect, is that we have to understand that in different countries and regions of the world, soccer fans are treated in different ways. Latin America is more folkloric among teams from a country, very strong songs are dedicated to them if they are thought or read explicitly but at the moment of the action it is not like that, they can sing I want to burn your field and at the end of the game everything is more than fine for They are brothers, they go to the business, they hug, they congratulate, etc.
In this case, maybe if you think about it, the song is harsh for personalities from Europe because of the way they live, but I also consider that if you read the part of the lyrics that appears in the video, it doesn't say anything as serious as racism, it's It is clear to everyone that the French team is very good and fast thanks to its players who are of African family blood, their physique and I am not talking about whether they are white or black because in Latin America they think, they live and act that it does not matter. the color of a person but the talent the bases the strength, then returning to the French team it is thanks to those players who can play for France or some African team now my disappointment is towards the player towards the French players it is so bad that you They say that your team, who you play for, is nothing or it is thanks to you and your roots are very good. It is bad that they tell you that you are from Angola or some other part of Africa. They are ashamed. They deny if that is not the case. Their actions gave many people to understand that. Although you may not believe it, there are many Afro citizens in different parts of the world who are angry or disappointed with those French players because of the attitude they uploaded on the Internet. Not to mention that the way in which they handled their complaint or not sharing what happened to their teammate, Enzo broke Chelsea, broke a locker room, relations would have been very good, also on a personal level, telling him you were wrong, Enzo, this hurts me, I don't like having it. everything within their reach to be able to have contact and then a public complaint as it was made by the 2 sides or places acted badly. Furthermore, something that everyone has to understand is that Latin America and Europe have and handle the issue of racism very differently since Latin America, South America did not have black Afro slavery, but rather both Indians and blacks fought for freedom, but South America, since by distance they never Freed slaves from the north arrived looking for a place to live. You have to understand history to understand culture and way of being.
The europeans are applying language policing to feel good about themselves because of their horrific past. It is interesting that even though the chant has clearly transphobic and homophobic language, that is barely mentioned in the outrage, possibly because much of these french players who got offended are homophobic assholes themselves
Very childish to say things about French players
Parents comes all over the world but if children are born in a country they have the right to play football
Shame on people who didi that
Why should any one talk about where you come from
Stop all these rubbish
The rebuttal that I keep hearing is that France is a colonialist country. Anyone offering this assertion should remember that Argentina had a strong West African presence in past centuries. In the 18th century, some Argentinian cities were more than 50% African. By the 19th century, the West African descendants in Buenos Aires were about 30%. The reason that Argentina is so European today is because of policies that promoted European immigration, such as from countries like Italy and Spain, at the expense of West African development across its provinces. I'd almost forgotten that in 1997, Former Argentine President Carlos Menem once stated, “In Argentina, Blacks do not exist; that is a Brazilian problem.” All of a sudden, the players' chants make sense!
Francia: Hypocresy at his best
Let's all sing songs about the Falklands and see if the Argentines think its ok
Apology spin from agent Not him…
Chelsea should give him a ban
Boo him all the way off the pitch when the league starts. Fake apology!
Apology is NO GOOD 🚫 now. They've shown their TRUE SELVES and BELIEFS . No black person can trust them or look at the same again and I've been a fan of Argentinian football since 1978.
He seemed very happy singing it
Not apologies just out
Come to think of it. Argentina is the only south American country with no black players.
There is no place in sport for racism. And so the guy, whatever that thing is called, should go and play in its grandma kitchen. what a horrible being.
The song has nothing racist in it. Mentioning race is not in itself a racist act. The song tells a fact; the fact that France's Team is Africa United and France was and is till is a colonial power suffocating, destroying and taking everything from Africa. Because the song evoques a REALITY with FACTS, it makes all of France and the other White colonial European nations angry and also a lot of Africans who would prefer nobody talks about it so they don't look like traitors or a new format of slave trade laborism. So they all call it racism and most with no brains agree. Where is the racism?
Lost all respect for Enzo I will never watch him play again racist brat
Ya dejen de llorar y si tanto se ofenden los fransecitos de cristal qje abandonen las colonias africanas y dejen de robar en las minas hipocritas
This dude being soft on racist Argentina, ban Argentina from next World Cup.
"Confusing" is a pretty courteous way of saying they're a bunch of fvcking stupid cvnts, and yes, on top of it all, racist ones.
The WHITE PPL GOTTA SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT
Don't hide that's how this stuff continues bc ppl think it's ok
This isn't even on Shaka to have to handle tbh
He’s only sorry because he got caught
He isn't sorry at all he just realises he has to go back to chelsea and he knows he's gonna get a hard time and so he should
What happened to freedom of speech
We shouldn't forget that Argentina was the only country in South America that killed all his black slaves after slaves were abolished. They ran away to Brazil ,Colombian, and so on . They are racist, and it is not today that it has started. I don't give a f about them
Why is it racist or offensive to point out that most of the players on the France roster are afro-descendant?
If you sing a song about Argentina players being descendants from Italian and Spanish people I doubt they'd be offended.
What Messi did was about not antagonising Colombia, nothing to do with race or ancestry.
They probably sing it at their birthday parties