Former Chelsea star William Gallas has revealed he was ‘very angry’ about the Enzo Fernandez video which has led to an ongoing racism storm
The 46-year-old criticised the footage, which sees the Argentina team singing about how French players are ‘from Angola’ or have a ‘Nigerian’ mother and a ‘Cameroonian’ father, and branded it ‘offensive to all black players’.
Ex-France international Gallas made 225 appearances for Chelsea between 2001 and 2006 before moving across London to Arsenal.
The centre-back featured 84 times for his national team, scoring five goals, and played in both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups.
Now Gallas has weighed in on the racism saga which is currently engulfing football and admitted he felt the impact of Fernandez’s video ‘very personally’.
He told Gambling Zone: ‘It was like they were singing about me and all the other black players that represent their countries.
‘I can’t imagine the reaction of the Chelsea players when they saw that video. I was very angry about it, and I put something on my social media saying that it was unacceptable.
‘It would have offended Nico Williams. It would have offended Lamine Yamal. It would have offended the black and mixed-race players that play for England.’
The former Chelsea man also slammed Rodrigo de Paul for defending teammate Fernandez and suggesting that French international Wesley Fofana contact the Argentina midfielder instead of his expressing his anger online.
Gallas argued it was Fernandez’s responsibility to call Fofana, and all his Chelsea teammates, and apologise for the video.
He added that the Chelsea midfielder may find a different dressing room when he returns to the club and that some colleagues may have a tough time accepting him back in to the fold.
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