Tottenham’s Bentancur banned for seven games over racist remark about Son

Uruguayan midfielder recovered blameworthy of ‘aggravated breach’ successful comments astir his South Korean nine skipper Son Heung-min.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for 7 matches aft the Uruguayan made a racist remark astir South Korean radical erstwhile talking astir teammate Son Heung-min during a tv appearance, the English Football Association (FA) has said.

In a connection connected Monday, the FA said the midfielder “acted successful an improper mode and/or utilized abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the crippled into disrepute”.

“It was further alleged that this constitutes an ‘aggravated breach’… arsenic it included a notation – whether explicit oregon implied – to nationality and/or contention and/or taste origin,” the connection added.

In June, connected Uruguayan tv programme Por La Camiseta, big Rafa Cotelo asked Bentancur for a Spurs player’s shirt, to which helium replied, “Sonny’s?”, adding: “It could beryllium Sonny’s relative excessively arsenic they each look the same.”

Bentancur apologized aboriginal connected Instagram, saying it was a “very atrocious joke” and helium would “never disrespect you oregon wounded you”.

Son accepted the excuses, saying his teammate had made a mistake and “would not mean to ever intentionally accidental thing offensive”.

“We are brothers and thing has changed astatine all,” Son said successful June. “We’re past this, we’re united, and we volition beryllium backmost unneurotic successful preseason to combat for our nine arsenic one.”

An autarkic committee besides imposed a good of 100,000 pounds ($126,000) connected the player. The authorisation tin beryllium appealed.

The suspension lone covers home matches, meaning the 27-year-old Bentancur volition beryllium disposable to play for his London nine successful the Europa League. Spurs instrumentality connected Roma successful the league signifier of the tourney connected November 28.

The FA besides ordered Bentancur to be a “face-to-face acquisition program”, details of which volition beryllium provided later. The people should beryllium completed by March 11 adjacent year.

“If the subordinate fails to implicit the programme satisfactorily successful that period, helium volition beryllium instantly suspended from each home nine shot until specified clip arsenic the mandatory programme is completed,” the FA said.

Tottenham and Bentancur did not instantly respond to the punishment.