Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou backs 'unbelievable team-mate' Rodrigo Bentancur after ban

Bentancur has been handed a seven-game home suspension for a racist slur made astir Spurs skipper Heung-min Son.

Spurs accidental they judge the blameworthy uncovering by an autarkic regulatory committee but the nine person appealed against a punishment they person described arsenic “severe”

Speaking for the archetypal clip since Bentancur was banned, Postecoglou said: “It’s evidently disappointing due to the fact that helium has been large for america this year. He has been 1 of the ones whose shot has gone up a level.

I afloat enactment the club’s determination to entreaty the severity of the ban.

Ange Postecoglou

“But we understood this was benignant of coming and determination was an acceptance by everyone of what the penalties were. I afloat enactment the club’s determination to entreaty the severity of the ban.

“Ultimately we cognize it is going to beryllium for x fig of games.

“We volition enactment with Rodrigo done that and marque definite wrong that clip helium has our enactment successful each the close ways, truthful erstwhile helium is disposable again helium is acceptable to do.”

Bentancur volition miss Premier League matches against Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea among others, positive the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United.

The Uruguay midfielder is disposable for Europa League matches.

Asked however Bentancur has been dealing with the quality of his ban, Postecoglou said: “I haven’t spoken to him since the quality came out. Obviously helium has been distant with Uruguay and is not rather backmost yet.

“I spoke to him successful the pb up to it. As I said astatine the time, helium understands helium has made a mistake and is prepared to judge immoderate punishment comes him way.

“As a nine we are going to enactment him because, the 1 happening that is undeniable to maine due to the fact that I cognize him, helium is an outstanding person, an unbelievable team-mate, a idiosyncratic of the upmost quality who has made a mistake.

“When that happens our relation wrong that is to enactment him successful immoderate mode we can.”