At 18, Felix Afena-Gyan has been doubly out of anonymity in recent hours.
This weekend, the Ghanaian scored his first two goals with AS Roma on the field of Genoa (0-2).
It was he who offered the victory to the Roman club he joined in January 2021.
To celebrate the event, his trainer José Mourinho gave him a pair of shoes from a high fashion brand at 800 euros each.
A sequence immortalized in a video posted on the player's Instagram account.
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But these images will create controversy on social networks. In question, remarks made by people present in the room but not identified because they are not on the video. One of them invites the young player to dance after putting on his shoes. Another is ironic, indicating that there are “bananas inside” the shoes.
Obviously dubious words but that Felix Afena-Gyan refutes himself.
He posted this Tuesday on his own networks: "I want to assure you all that I was in no way offended by the substantive comment made in the video, and I really believe there was no intention. racist, he writes.
From the first day I arrived at the club, I was welcomed into the family by everyone, who joked with me like everyone in the family.
Because they see that I eat a lot of bananas, it became something we laughed at sometimes, and I think the comment was another example of that.
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