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**Chelsea Midfielder Enzo Fernandez Found Guilty of Driving Offence**
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has been found guilty of a driving offence after failing to identify the driver of a Porsche that allegedly ran a red light.
Fernandez was charged with failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver when asked to by Dyfed-Powys Police on December 27 last year. He was not present for the hearing at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday but will be sentenced on September 11.
The Argentina international has been ordered to attend the sentencing hearing in Llanelli on September 11, which will determine whether he is banned from driving. Court documents state his attendance is required ‘to consider if there are mitigating circumstances (including exceptional hardship) for not ordering disqualification’.
Enzo Fernandez has been found guilty of a driving offence after failing to identify the driver of a Porsche that ran a red light
The 23-year-old did not attend the hearing and now faces sentencing on September 11
Meanwhile, two other charges – of driving a car on a road without third-party insurance and failing to stop at a red light – have been withdrawn.
The incident in question is said 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 just days after Fernandez received 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 widely on social media, Fernandez apologised and claimed he had been ‘caught up in the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations’.
The statement came after a video appeared to show the Argentina players singing about how French players are ‘from Angola’ or have a ‘Nigerian’ mother and a ‘Cameroonian’ father.
Chelsea are conducting their own probe after the man they spent a British-record £107million on in January 2023 found himself at the centre of a storm.
Ruling comes after he was snapped singing an offensive chant on Argentina’s bus during their Copa America celebrations
Sources at Chelsea say they are taking the matter seriously and will proceed accordingly.
Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana, who is French and the son of an Ivorian father, criticised the video, taking to X (formerly Twitter) to share the footage with the caption: ‘Football in 2024: uninhibited racism’.
