Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho felt "ashamed" by Chelsea fans who discriminated a French person by the color of his skin. To try and make ammends with him, Mourinho and the club invited him to the second leg of their UEFA Round of 16 match against Paris Saint-Germain.
"I am connected with Chelsea, I am connected with so many good things. It is not because of people like this that I came back. I felt ashamed when I knew what had happened. This is not Chelsea FC, we would show Souleymayne we are different. Chelsea is the owner, the board, the manager, the people who work here, they are the true people who support Chelsea. I do not know the gentleman but I would support him coming," Mourinho stated.
Prior to Mourinho's statement, the club's media manager Steve Atkins revealed the club has already tried to contact the man identified as "Souleymane S", with the intention of inviting him to the upcoming Champions League game.
"We were appalled by what we saw and the club would also like to apologise unreservedly to Soulemayne for the behaviour of the small number of individuals. We want him and his family to join us in the next Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain. We are trying to reach him and we hope he accepts our invitation," Atkins added.
Mourinho also established this kind of behavior should not be acceptable among Chelsea's fans, remembering some of the team's greatest players come from that particular ethnic group.
"We have 12-14 players with African connections and over the years this dressing room, I am sure this dressing room has always been a dressing room with big principles of equality," the Portuguese coach concluded.
