November 18 – Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has acquired a seven-match ban and a £100,000 superb from the English FA for utilizing a racial slur towards teammate and membership captain Son Heung-min.
The incident occurred throughout a tv look in Bentancur’s native Uruguay in June, with the FA formally charging the participant in September.
“Rodrigo Bentancur denied this cost, however the impartial regulatory fee discovered it to be confirmed and imposed his sanctions following a listening to,” mentioned an FA assertion.
Regardless of providing a swift apology, Bentancur’s case, labeled as an “aggravated breach”, required evaluation by an impartial regulatory fee panel. The panel upheld the FA’s cost, resulting in a seven-match home suspension for the midfielder. Nonetheless, Bentancur will stay eligible for Tottenham’s Europa League fixtures, together with clashes in opposition to Roma and Rangers.
The 27-year-old won’t return to home motion till December 26, lacking Premier League matches in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, Liverpool and Chelsea, plus Spurs’ League Cup quarter-final in opposition to Manchester United.
When charging the Uruguay worldwide the FA mentioned it was “an alleged breach of FA rule E3 for misconduct in relation to a media interview”.
The FA mentioned this constituted an “aggravated breach… because it included a reference, whether or not categorical or implied, to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin”.
Bentancur apologised to Son, who mentioned he would “not imply to ever deliberately say one thing offensive”.
Within the media interview in query, requested by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, Bentancur replied: “Sonny’s? It could possibly be Sonny’s cousin too as all of them look the identical.”
He later apologised on social media and mentioned his feedback have been a “very dangerous joke”.
Spurs return to Premier League motion away to Manchester Metropolis on Saturday November 23, within the subsequent chapter of a storied battle which Bentancur must watch from the stands.
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