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Eni Aluko met with Chelsea's LGBTQ supporters group and insists they are 'aligned in the fight against discrimination' after sharing a JK Rowling post about 'allowing mediocre males into women's sport'

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Eni Aluko sat down with the Chair of the 'Chelsea pride' supporters group to discuss the 'transphobic post' she retweeted from JK Rowling.

The former footballer was criticised for sharing Rowling's tweet which appeared to speak about 'mediocre males' participating in 'women's sport'.

Aluko apologised for re-sharing Rowling's tweet and labelled the incident as a 'misunderstanding', claiming she 'did not interpret it as transphobia'.

Aluko insisted she and the Chelsea LGBTQ supporters group were 'aligned and together in the fight against any form of discrimination'.

She took to X to write: 'I've now had a really cool conversation with Tracy, Chair at Chelsea pride supporters group.