Premier League's longest bans as Rodrigo Bentancur gets SEVEN games – from drugs to ref shoves

Tottenham Hotspur's Rodrigo Bentancur has been issued a seven-game prohibition - but that's acold from the longest ever seen successful the Premier League.

The Uruguayan midfielder was filmed successful June during an interrogation for section TV amusement 'Por La Camiseta,' successful which the 27-year-old is claimed to person stated that South Korean radical "all look the same," replying to a question successful Spanish.

Despite taking to Instagram successful the aftermath of this comment, which helium dubbed "a precise atrocious joke," the FA confirmed that Bentancur would beryllium charged with an 'aggravated breach' of their rules. The two team-mates made up online, but, Spurs are present without the midfielder for 7 games, including a travel to Manchester City and a clash with Chelsea.

However, Bentancur's seven-game suspension is obscurity adjacent the longest prohibition imposed successful the English apical flight's history, arsenic Mirror Football takes a look backmost astatine the longest disciplinary actions ever handed out.

Paolo Di Canio

Back successful 1998, during a matchup with Arsenal, then-Sheffield Wednesday ace Paulo Di Canio landed himself successful blistery h2o aft an altercation with a lucifer official.

The Italian was shown a reddish paper by referee Paul Alcock aft a melee betwixt some sides, and didn't instrumentality kindly to the sending off, pushing the authoritative to the ground. This earned him an 11-game prohibition and a £10,000 fine.

Di Canio aboriginal expressed remorse, saying: "I privation to accidental that I americium very, precise atrocious for what happened. I had a just hearing, and I americium blessed astir that."

Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez was slapped with aggregate lengthy bans during his clip successful English football. His archetypal came aft an alleged racism incidental involving Patrice Evra, which pb eight-game hiatus successful 2011.

Another saw Suarez deed with a four-month prohibition from each football-related activities aft helium was caught biting Giorgio Chiellini during the 2014 World Cup. This notorious enactment marked the 3rd clip Suarez had been accused of specified behaviour successful his career.

The Uruguayan had antecedently been suspended for 7 games aft allegedly biting PSV midfielder Otman Bakkal portion playing for Ajax successful 2010, and faced a 10-match punishment for a akin incidental involving Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic successful 2013.

Kolo Toure

Former Liverpool and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure faced a six-month suspension successful 2011 erstwhile helium admitted to taking a banned substance recovered successful h2o tablets helium got from his wife.

His ineligible squad fought for a shorter three-month prohibition to let him to play for City astatine the commencement of the 11/12 season, and eventually, Toure received a backdated ban, enabling him to articulation Roberto Mancini's squad for their opening lucifer against Swansea.

The relieved Ivorian expressed his gratitude, saying: "I americium relieved that I volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to shot successful September and convey the FA's committee for their understanding."

Adrian Mutu

Once a promising striker astatine Stamford Bridge, Adrian Mutu saw his Chelsea stint extremity successful shame successful 2004 aft investigating affirmative for cocaine, resulting successful a seven-month prohibition and the premature termination of his clip with the club.

Mutu chose not to person his B illustration tested, alternatively afloat admitting to the misconduct. His affirmative trial sparked a protracted ineligible conflict arsenic Chelsea sought fiscal recompense for his actions.

The Romanian was aboriginal ordered to wage £15.2 cardinal successful damages to his erstwhile employers, the largest fiscal punishment successful FIFA history, aft unsuccessful appeals.

Rio Ferdinand

Ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was handed an eight-month suspension and a £50,000 good for missing a doping trial successful 2003.

Ferdinand was summoned for a regular drugs trial successful September 2003, soon aft Sir Alex Ferguson made him England's astir costly player.

An autarkic tribunal recovered the England subordinate blameworthy of misconduct and imposed a prohibition connected him. The suspension meant Ferdinand was ineligible for Euro 2004, and helium couldn't assistance his broadside halt Arsenal's Invincibles.

Ivan Toney

The erstwhile Brentford antheral departed English shot this summertime for a large wealth determination to Al-Ahli, leaving down a somewhat stained bequest aft helium was issued with an eight-month prohibition for breaching the FA's gambling rules.

Toney was heading for a 15-month suspension earlier pleading blameworthy to the 232 breaches helium was accused of, but the 28-year-old inactive missed retired connected immoderate of the premier months of his vocation successful 2023.

Despite a determination to a Premier League elephantine being flaunted, determination were little-to-no suitors connected the backmost of the ban, and the Saudi Pro League ended up arsenic Toney's destination.

Eric Cantona

Known for his arguable quality during his clip successful England, Eric Cantona served a nine-month suspension - the longest successful league past - whilst astatine Manchester United aft an infamous altercation with a fan.

Having been being sent disconnected astatine Selhurst Park, Cantona was verbally abused by a Crystal Palace instrumentality arsenic helium near the pitch. In response, Cantona launched a 'kung-fu' footwear astatine the bystander, earning him the mammoth ban.

This incidental against Palace successful 1995 remains a important portion of the Frenchman's legacy, on with his spectacular spot against Sunderland a twelvemonth aboriginal aft helium had returned.

Mark Bosnich

Another subordinate who besides faced a nine-month suspension, similar Mutu, goalkeeper Mark Bosnich tested affirmative for cocaine portion playing astatine Chelsea.

"Yes, I took drugs but lone erstwhile my vocation was over. I person nary regrets. I beryllium shot perfectly nothing," Bosnich told The Guardian erstwhile helium retired successful 2004.

"I inactive support that astatine the clip of my drugs trial successful November 2002 I was not taking cocaine... I got talking to a miss who aboriginal admitted that she had slipped the cause into her drink. I indispensable person had a sip of her glass."

Sandro Tonali

Though this prohibition was heard successful Italy, Newcastle's Sandro Tonali inactive missed a ample chunk of English top-flight enactment erstwhile helium was slapped with a 10-month suspension for betting offences successful 2023.

The Italian Football Federation and FIFA could person seen the midfielder look a three-year suspension, but, arsenic helium co-operated, overmuch similar Toney, this prohibition was reduced.

The 24-year-old's cause said astatine the clip that his lawsuit was "fighting against a gambling addiction," adding that helium was "shocked, shaken and sad" astatine the ungraded that rocked Italian football.

Abel Xavier

Middlesbrough's Abel Xavier was the archetypal Premier League prima to trial affirmative for a performance-enhancing drug, erstwhile helium was tested during a UEFA Cup clash successful 2005.

His declaration was terminated by Boro successful the aftermath of the scandal, but, contempt initially being banned for 18 months, this was aboriginal reduced to conscionable 12.

"We are amazed by the verdict but cannot marque immoderate further comments earlier receiving the elaborate reasoning of the decision," a UEFA spokesperson stated connected the backmost of the archetypal condemnation being chopped by six motnhs.

Joey Barton

Another subordinate who fell foul to betting offences, Joey Barton's were a small much terrible than immoderate of those who came aft him. Over 1,000 breaches from 2006 up until 2016 resulted successful a hefty punishment.

Barton was banned for 18 months, and contempt this being reduced to 13, it remains the longest successful Premier League history, and beauteous overmuch brought an extremity to his playing career.

It is besides worthy noting that Barton received a 12-game prohibition by the FA successful 12 for convulsive behaviour during a brawl against Manchester City connected the last time of the 2011/12 season.

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