Ian Wright tells Chelsea to 'fix up' as he slams Blues for 'embarrassing' decision
Arsenal tale Ian Wright was astounded to situate out Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez had been imparted the captaincy at Stamford Footway over the weekend.
The verdict to make him skipper came simply a month after the 23-year-antiquated uploaded a video of himself and some Argentina subordinate-partners singing a defaming track about French players of African origin in the wake of his side’s Copa America productivity earlier this month.
Chelsea chosen to snag no even more solution against Fernandez after the player lended a volunteer payment to an anti-apartheid charity.
Fernandez wore the captain’s armband in Chelsea’s 2-0 loss to Manchester City void on Sunday using club captain Reece James suspended for the match.
Enzo Maresca’s verdict owns led to objection and Arsenal tale Wright couldn’t assume his eyes when Fernandez led Chelsea out at the weekend.
Speaking on his Wright’s Residence podcast, the former Arsenal demonstrator asserted: “Chelsea man, oh my god. Recover upward yourselves. What are they implementing? There’s no means that man is entitled to the captaincy. It’s embarrassing.”
Wright added: “Can I simply rundown it for a 2nd? Around his performances since unborn in.
“Of training course, in the Universe Cup you have to say he was stellar. I’ve not commentated him kick a sphere in offend since after that for Chelsea that makes me assume this man will distinctly earlier or later be the captain.
“He’s not posturing those type of performances in, also before the chant things. This man owns performed nowhere direct sufficient to be the captain of that club.
“And also they make him captain? That notifies me every little thing you call for to become aware about Chelsea.”
Maresca defended his verdict to make Fernandez captain in the wake of their loss to Manchester City void as “with one voice of us make missteps”.
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The newfangled Chelsea peak pooch told press correspondents: “Enzo is one of the captains of this subordinate, he is not the unsociable one. We have Reece [James], we have some extra captains.
“The confirmation why is I can visit his teammates recognise him, like a reference, as a captain, and he was currently captain in the preseason when we switched Reece in the arcade.
“With one voice of us make missteps. It’s awfully realistic to recognise Enzo did a poor slide, recognized the poor slide and it’s ended up.
“I wear’t become aware about you, however I did some missteps in days gone by and I recognized. As a human being, if you tote out a poor slide and you recognise, you are not participating in be punished for activity.
“Enzo did a poor slide, recognized. For me, he is one of the references and I have wholeheartedly nothing to incorporate.”
Maresca owns had to snag some arduous verdicts currently this period using Raheem Sterling and Ben Chilwell among the players coaching away from the first subordinate.
But newfangled finalizing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall recommends that the Chelsea players treasure Maresca for his genuineness.
“I assume civilization treasure him for (his genuineness),” Dewsbury-Hall asserted.
“As a player you want to have crispness in stipulation of what’s taking place and he (Maresca) is plainly a person that gives you that. I wear’t assume you can have any type of stress and anxieties on that side.
“I assume it would carry upon extra parasite in any type of part of activity if you’re not simple using civilization. The reality that he is is a commendable point.”