‘Tough guy’ Wesley Fofana coping well after racist abuse – Liam Rosenior - video Dailymotion

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Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said Wesley Fofana is a “tough guy” and is “absolutely fine” after being racially abused following Saturday’s draw with Burnley.The defender shared messages he had received online in the hours after his red card during the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge, which the UK Football Policing Unit said it was investigating along with other incidents  reported during the last seven days.

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00:14Yeah, it was a tough, obviously a tough day for Wes. Firstly, obviously, what happened

00:19in the game. Secondly, the fallout and racist abuse that he got online. Wes is a tough guy.

00:26He's a good guy. It's amazing you spoke about racism last week in the press conference

00:32and it affects you in ways that it just shouldn't exist. It shouldn't exist, whether it's online,

00:38whether it's verbal, in person. It's just something that we have to try our very best

00:42to eradicate from life, let alone football. But Wes is absolutely fine. He's trained well this week.

‘Tough guy’ Wesley Fofana coping well after racist abuse – Liam Rosenior

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