Watch: Ethan Ampadu sings crude chant during Leeds celebrations
Leeds United midfielder Ethan Ampadu led a notorious chant about Wilfried Gnonto's 'massive' manhood during an open-top bus parade to mark the club's Championship title win.
Manager Daniel Farke was also caught on camera appearing to mime snorting cocaine as around 150,000 Leeds fans took to the streets on Bank Holiday Monday to celebrate the team's Premier League return.
Footage of the two incidents were posted online, with Ampadu shown holding a microphone and singing to the tune of La Bamba, 'Willy Gnonto, Willy Gnonto. He eats spaghetti, he drinks Moretti, his c---'s f------ massive.' He then added: 'And I tell you what, it f------ is!'
Warning: Explicit language
ETHAN AMPADU 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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— Second Tier podcast (@secondtierpod) May 5, 2025
Fans lining the streets could be heard joining in with a song first heard in the stands on Gnonto's home debut for Leeds in November 2022.
Another clip shows Farke miming being a disc jockey and twice pushing his finger against the side of his nose in a gesture commonly used to signal cocaine snorting.
Daniel Farke miming sniffing a line of coke while pretending to DJ and sing is about as good as it gets tbh
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— West Ham Place (@WestHamPlace) May 5, 2025
Leeds and the Football Association have been approached for comment about the two incidents.
The club tried to stamp out the Gnonto chant from their fanbase two years ago by posting an alternative final lyric on social media – 'He plays for United' – and engaging with supporter groups.
Then manager Jesse Marsch also said at the time: 'There's a way to be more respectful with it and respectful to Willy.
'Willy is such a good young man and he won't come out and say he doesn't like it. But the reality is I think he thinks it's time to move on from that lyric.'
Leeds were also contacted by anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, which said in a statement: 'While we believe the majority of fans singing this chant are not doing so with racist intent, we would stress that racial stereotypes are harmful and offensive, irrespective of the intention to show support for a player.
'We urge fans to show support with family-friendly language. We will be working closely with Leeds to ensure action is taken.'
An FA spokesperson added: 'We strongly condemn any offensive, abusive and discriminatory chants in stadiums and are determined to stamp this behaviour out. It must stop, and we support any club and their fans who try to eradicate this from the terraces.'
Around the same time, Manchester United winger Amad Diallo took to social media to urge fans of Sunderland – where he had been playing on loan – to stop a song that featured the lyrics: 'He has the biggest d--- in the Championship.'
He said on X: 'Sunderland fans, I love your energy. Hearing you sing my name is incredible, but we need to be respectful. Let's change the song, keep the noise and move forward together.'
In 2017, Romelu Lukaku urged United supporters to stop singing about the size of his manhood, saying: 'Fans have meant well with their songs but let's move on together.'
In 1999, Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler was banned for four matches by the FA for mimicking snorting a line of cocaine after scoring in the Merseyside derby following taunts by Everton fans.
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