ENZO FERNANDEZ has been pictured with his Chelsea team-mates for the first time as the club try to draw a line under his race row.
Fernandez apologised for streaming a video of himself and his Argentina team-mates singing a racist and homophobic chant about France's black players.
He was condemned by Blues colleague Wesley Fofana for the the "uninhibited racism" - with the video angering a number of the Chelsea squad.
But Fernandez made public and private apologies as he linked up with the Chelsea side for their pre-season tour of America.
The club-record signing has also been snapped with the squad as new Blues boss Enzo Maresca looks to unite his squad.
Fernandez this week had lunch with his team-mates for the first time after offering a face-to-face apology at their St. Regis hotel.
That was in addition to his public statement and private messages.
Fernandez will also make a donation to an anti-discrimination charity which Chelsea will match.
Captain Reece James and five-cap France international Axel Disasi held talks with Fernandez to try and smooth things over.
And defender Levi Colwill said: “We’re a team. We moved forward together and that is what we are going to do.
“Everything that has happened stays between us. I am really excited to get to work and that we have a really good season.
“We all know Enzo is a good person and works well for the team.”
Yet Fifa chiefs are still investigating the video of the racist chant — which could eventually lead to an FA ban — as well as considering a legal complaint from the French Football Association.
Chelsea's pre-season started with a 2-2 draw with Wrexham and 4-1 loss to Celtic.
They play Club America at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta next and do so having welcomed new £20.7m keeper Filip Jorgensen.
Mupbklmpy
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He wasnt racist, fofanna n the rest of the french squad r very stupid, they made a mockery song of Messi wen they won the world cup no one spoke, now they want to use the racist card, f##£ fofanna n the french team, b!?*# @$$€$
Hikcdeiot
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plz FA ban him more than 1 year
Wakkufazire
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in premier league there's no ROOM FOR RACISM
Dainjrus
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imagine its racist for pointing ourlt peoples heritage, imagine people thinking it's bad to accept your heritage, imagine being ashamed of your natural heritage, the media is fooling black people, white people are proud of their heritage and celebrate it, so since when us of African heritage have become ashamed of it. This is utter bullshit an only idiots think it's racist.