Former Chelsea star slams Messi for being selfish over Argentina racist song controversy.
- Carlton Cole slams Messi for not speaking out about Argentina’s racist song controversy
- All media outlets are reporting that Messi was not on the bus.
- There are currently no concrete penalties.
Lionel Messi could miss Argentina’s bid for the 2024 Olympic gold medal due to Copa America commitments and his club Inter Miami.
After Argentina’s Under-23 team qualified for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, manager Javier Mascherano has tried to bring in former national teammates Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria to join the team in the over-23 player quota.
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Former Chelsea and West Ham striker Carlton Cole has hit out at Lionel over his decision not to speak out about the racist song. That has taken place over the past week. Cole believes the club captain’s decision to not speak out is ‘selfish’.
“Argentina has one of the best players in the world, Lionel Messi, and he should speak out about this because it’s bigger than Enzo is a key player for the team. He’s the captain. He needs to speak out and speak about what happened.”
“Otherwise, it means he doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about me or his black teammates. And that shows me how selfish he is. He has to come out and say something. I condemn him. I condemn Messi.”
Meanwhile, Chelsea, the club of Enzo Fernandez, has released a statement saying that they are aware and are in the process of investigating internally. Initially, there have no concrete punishments. Meanwhile, star outlets have confirmed that he was not on the problematic bus. But in the end, he still cannot escape being implicated.