Enzo Fernandez found guilty of driving offence just days after sparking fury with racist chants during Argentina's Copa America celebrations

Enzo Fernandez has been found guilty of a driving offence after he failed to identify the driver of a Porsche that allegedly ran a red light.

The Argentine was not present as he was found guilty of failing to give information to Dyfed-Powys Police on December 27 last year following the incident in Carmarthenshire.

Following the hearing on Wednesday, Fernandez is due to be sentenced on September 11 in Llanelli.

The incident is said to have taken place in the Welsh city on November 28, three days after the former Benfica star featured in the Blues' 4-1 defeat to Newcastle at St James' Park.

Magistrates will now consider whether there are any mitigating circumstances to determine whether the Chelsea midfielder will be handed a ban from driving.

The ruling comes just days after Fernandez received widespread condemnation following a video of the 23-year-old and his Argentina teammates celebrating on a bus after their Copa America win.

With the video circulated widely on social media and In the wake of significant backlash, Fernandez apologised and claimed he had been 'caught up in the euphoria of our Copa America celebrations'.

The statement came after a video appeared to show the Argentina players singing about how French players are 'from Angola' or have a 'Nigerian' mother and a 'Cameroonian' father. 

The song first emerged around the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when Argentina defeated France on penalties in the final.

Chelsea are conducting their own probe after the man they spent a British-record £107million on in January 2023 found himself at the centre of a storm. 

Sources at Chelsea say they are taking the matter seriously and will proceed accordingly.

Chelsea's Wesley Fofana, who is French and the son of an Ivorian father, criticised the video, taking to X (formerly Twitter) to share the footage with the caption: 'Football in 2024: uninhibited racism'.