New Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has decided to remove Recce James from the captaincy, and he has given the role to controversial player Enzo Fernandez. Chelsea fans are sad after hearing this news. There were many candidates who could have taken on the captaincy role.
Enzo Maresca had multiple options for the captaincy role, which included Recce James, Ben Chilwell, Raheem Sterling, and Robert Sanchez. But the Italian has given the role to someone who is off this list. According to Mirror, it is World Cup winner Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Recently, he got engaged in a controversy related to racism and disrespectful behavior. After this forgetful behavior, he is getting a captaincy role at Chelsea. This decision will send the wrong message to the fans.
Impact of this decision on the Chelsea dressing room
Once Enzo Fernandez joined Chelsea preseason training, he tried to interact with his teammates, but no one welcomed him. So, there is still a communication barrier between him and his Chelsea teammates. Everyone expected that Recce James would be the next Chelsea captain, but Enzo Maresca has surprised everyone.
Recently, Chelsea have lost a captain like Conor Gallagher from the team because he is joining Atletico Madrid. Time will tell whether this decision is a good one or not. At this moment, Chelsea is in a transition period. So, changes like these should be avoided.
What was in the controversial video?
Argentina won the Copa America for the second time. Everyone was enjoying the moment, and the entire Argentina squad started to celebrate the victory. It was indeed a joyous moment for the Argentina team, but all the players were sad because it was the last game for legendary player Angel Di Maria.
Among these mixed emotions, Enzo Fernandez and some players were singing a song that mentioned that the France team do not have its own players because all of their players are from Angola. These words symbolize racism and disrespect towards football.
Chelsea player Enzo Fernandez also chanted some homophobic words, which indicated the relationship between French star Kylian Mbappe and transgender model Ines Rau. So, the chants were racist, disrespectful, and homophobic.
While Enzo Fernandez was busy chanting racist words, one of his Argentine teammates made a video of it and posted it on social media. This video created a massive storm on social media. People saw the video, and most of them acted in a furious way. This action summarizes everything about the intensity of the controversy.
Reaction to Enzo’s disrespectful behavior
The entire football community has criticized the actions of Chelsea player Enzo Fernandez. His Chelsea teammates, such as Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto, Recce James, and David Datro Fofana, unfollowed him on Instagram.
French defender Wesley Fofana also commented on “uninhibited racism” on the disrespectful video. David Datro Fofana also liked this comment. This action indicates the unity of the players against racism. Previously, we have seen multiple players who were victimized by this racist act.
Players like Vinicius Jr, Bukayo Saka, Son Heung Min all have faced racism in some of their career. Nowadays FIFA have taken initiatives to stop racism and even the tag “Say No To Racism” is also attached on the jersey of every Champions League team.
Although there are multiple rules against racism and these kinds of things, but players are being victimized again and again. These types of acts are not acceptable in football. Sports always unite a person to another person, and it teaches us how to make friendship.
When everyone is trying to unite people with the help of football, these types of disrespectful behavior destroy the purpose of sports.
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