Chelsea lectured by Chinese Football Association after Kenedy social media slurs
The English Premier League club are told to ‘learn a good lesson’ after their Brazilian fullback’s offensive Instagram posts caused outrage on Beijing trip
The Chinese Football Association has told Chelsea to “learn a good lesson” over the social media storm caused by their Brazilian fullback Kenedy.
The English Premier League club, who are on a pre-season tour in Asia, apologised to the “Chinese people” after Kenedy posted two videos on his personal Instagram account insulting China, one of the club’s biggest markets.
“We have taken notice of the inappropriate behaviours involving Mr Robert Kenedy, the strong reaction of the fans as well as the apologies made by Mr Kenedy himself and Chelsea Football Club,” a Chinese FA spokeswoman said in a statement to British newspaper the Daily Telegraph.
“We insist that football helps bring peoples together, not apart, build bridges and friendship, not walls and hatred.
“A professional player serves as role model of the society and the world at large. We hope the club and the players have learnt a good lesson from the incident.”
