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Kick It Out ‘disappointed’ by lack of updates on case involving Enzo Fernandez
Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge, London, May 4, 2025

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION campaigners have still had no update on a racism case involving Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez, four months on from making the request and almost 10 months after the incident.

Fernandez posted a video on social media of himself and other Argentina players singing a derogatory song about France’s black players after winning the Copa America last July.

Kick It Out chief executive Samuel Okafor wrote to football’s world governing body Fifa and to South American confederation CONMEBOL in January seeking answers, but told the PA news agency yesterday: “We’re yet to have a reply sadly, so there’s very little I can say on that one. [I’m] obviously disappointed not to have had a response on that.

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