- Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has been discovered responsible of a driving offence
- Fernandez didn’t establish driver of a automobile that allegedly ran a purple mild final 12 months
- The ruling comes after he apologised for Argentina’s Copa America celebrations
Enzo Fernandez has been discovered responsible of a driving offence after he didn’t establish the motive force of a Porsche that allegedly ran a purple mild.
Fernandez was charged with failing to present info regarding the identification of the motive force when requested to by Dyfed-Powys Police on December 27 final 12 months.
Fernandez was not current for the listening to at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court docket on Wednesday however will probably be sentenced on September 11.
The Argentina worldwide has been ordered to attend the sentencing listening to in Llanelli on September 11 – which is able to decide whether or not he’s banned from driving.
Court docket paperwork state his attendance is required ‘to contemplate if there are mitigating circumstances (together with distinctive hardship) for not ordering disqualification’.
Enzo Fernandez has been discovered responsible of a driving offence after failing to establish the motive force of a Porsche that ran a purple mild
The 23-year-old didn’t attend the listening to and now faces sentencing on September 11
In the meantime, two different expenses – of driving a automobile on a street with out third-party insurance coverage and failing to cease at a purple – have been withdrawn.
The incident in query is claimed to have taken place on November 28, three days after he featured in Chelsea’s 4-1 defeat to Newcastle at St James’ Park.
The ruling comes simply days after Fernandez acquired widespread condemnation following a video of the 23-year-old and his Argentina teammates celebrating on a bus after their Copa America win.
With the video circulated broadly on social media and Within the wake of serious backlash, Fernandez apologised and claimed he had been ‘caught up within the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations’.
The assertion got here after a video appeared to indicate the Argentina gamers singing about how French gamers are ‘from Angola’ or have a ‘Nigerian’ mom and a ‘Cameroonian’ father.
The tune first emerged across the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when Argentina defeated France on penalties within the closing.
Chelsea are conducting their very own probe after the person they spent a British-record £107million on in January 2023 discovered himself on the centre of a storm.
Ruling comes after he was snapped singing an offensive chant on Argentina’s bus throughout their Copa America celebrations
Sources at Chelsea say they’re taking the matter significantly and can proceed accordingly.
Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana, who’s French and the son of an Ivorian father, criticised the video, taking to X (previously Twitter) to share the footage with the caption: ‘Soccer in 2024: uninhibited racism’.
