Chelsea ace Kenedy
sent home from club’s
pre-season tour
Chelsea ace Kenedy has been sent home
from the club’s tour of the far-east after a
number of insulting social media posts.
The Brazilian midfielder uploaded two
videos from his Beijing hotel room where
he caused controversy by saying: ‘F**k China’
and saying ‘Wake up China’ to a security
guard who was sleeping.
Chelsea’s statement clairified that Kenedy’s
behaviour did not ‘represent the entire
team and does not align with the club’s high
expectations and strict requirements of
its young players.’ Kenedy was booed in
Chelsea’s 3-0 win against Arsenal and the
Blues were forced into releasing an
apology on Sunday.
However, despite already being disciplined,
Kenedy has now been sent home from the
club’s tour and his future is now in doubt.
Chelsea statement in full
‘On July 22nd, Chelsea Football Club
experienced the warmth and friendliness of
Chinese fans at the National Stadium.
However, we were surprised and disappointed
that one day prior to the match, one of our
young players, Kenedy, posted messages
on his social media account that caused
great offence and hurt the feelings of the
people of China.
‘Unfortunately, even though he quickly
deleted the messages and apologised,
and the club also apologised via our
Chinese social media channels, the damage
had already been done. Chelsea Football
Club once again solemnly and sincerely
apologises.
‘Kenedy’s actions were a mistake that he
will learn greatly from. His behaviour does
not represent the entire team and does not
align with the club’s high expectations and
strict requirements of its young players.
He has been strongly reprimanded
and disciplined.
‘Everyone at Chelsea Football Club has
the utmost respect and admiration for
China and loves our Chinese fans. It is
because of this that the negative impact we
have seen over the last two days has left
us shocked and saddened. Once again,
we sincerely apologise for the hurt caused
to our Chinese fans as well as to the
Chinese people.
‘The match was a great cultural exchange
event between China and Britain and the
club is extremely grateful to China for its
hospitality, which has brought us closer
together in friendship. ‘We very much hope
to build on our strong relationship with our
Chinese fans and friends, joining hands firmly
with China in future for further cooperation.
‘We offer this apology with utmost sincerity.
We have listened carefully to the criticism
and will use the lessons learnt over the
last two days to improve our processes
in future.’
Kenedy posted his own apology after Saturday’s
win and insisted he wasn’t being racist to the
people of China.
‘Hello my friends, just wanna say sorry if someone
was sad because I used the expression “porra”,
was no racism, just an expression…big hug,’
said Kenedy.
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