Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been stopped for seven fits by way of the Soccer Affiliation (FA) and passed a £100,000 high-quality over feedback he made about his team-mate Son Heung-min.
Bentancur stated that South Korea global Son and his cousins “all look the same” on tv programme Por L. a. Camiseta, which is broadcast in his local Uruguay, in June. The 27-year-old then apologised on social media.
Bentancur was once charged by way of the FA in September and was once accused of performing “in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute.” The FA added in a remark that the fee additional constituted an “aggravated breach” underneath FA Rule E3.2, because it allegedly concerned references to nationality, race, or ethnic beginning”.
The Athletic requested Son all the way through a press convention then in September about his response to the fee and his courting with Bentancur.
“The process is with the FA and that’s why I can’t say much about it, but I love Rodrigo,” Son stated. “I repeat: I love him, I love him.
“We had a lot of good memories, we started playing together when he joined. He apologised straight afterwards, you know, when we had a holiday.
“I was at home and I didn’t even realise what was going on. He just sent me a long text message that you could feel was coming from his heart. Afterwards, when he came back to the training ground for pre-season, he just like felt really sorry and almost like cried when he apologised publicly and also personally as well. It felt like he feels really sorry.”
Bentancur denied the FA fee however an free regulatory fee discovered him responsible and determined the punishment following a listening to.
The Uruguay global will omit Tottenham’s then Premier League video games towards Manchester Town, Fulham, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Southampton and Liverpool and their Carabao Cup quarter-final connect with Manchester United in December. He’s going to nonetheless be to be had to play games for them within the Europa League.
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