Javier Mascherano has leapt to the defence of Enzo Fernandez and his Argentina team-mates, insisting that the racist song they sang about French footballers was 'taken out of context'.
In a video posted on social media by Fernandez following Argentina's Copa America triumph on Sunday, the Chelsea star and several of his international team-mates were heard singing a controversial song which appeared to claim that French players are from Angola', or have a 'Nigerian' mother and a 'Cameroonian' father.
The footage has since sparked outrage across the world of football, with the French football federation describing the song as 'racist and discriminatory' and Fernandez's Chelsea team-mate Wesley Fofana accusing him of 'uninhibited racism'.