Tottenham’s Bentancur banned for seven games over discriminatory relabel about Son | Football News

Uruguayan midfielder set up culpable of ‘exacerbated baccomplish’ in comments about his South Korean club captain Son Heung-min.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven alignes after the Uruguayan made a discriminatory relabel about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a television materializeance, the English Football Association (FA) has shelp.

In a statement on Monday, the FA shelp the midfielder “acted in an improper manner and/or engaged abusive and/or offending words and/or bcimpolitet the game into disrepute”.

“It was further alleged that this constitutes an ‘exacerbated baccomplish’… as it included a reference – whether convey or implied – to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin,” the statement compriseed.

In June, on Uruguayan television programme Por La Camiseta, present Rafa Cotelo asked Bentancur for a Spurs take parter’s shirt, to which he replied, “Sonny’s?”, compriseing: “It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all watch the same.”

Bentancur convey remorsed tardyr on Instagram, saying it was a “very horrible joke” and he would “never disesteem you or hurt you”.

Son accomprehendledgeed the excengages, saying his teammate had made a misget and “would not unbenevolent to ever intentionpartner say someleang insulting”.

“We are brothers and noleang has changed at all,” Son shelp in June. “We’re past this, we’re united, and we will be back together in preseason to fight for our club as one.”

An self-reliant coshiftrlookion also imposed a fine of 100,000 pounds ($126,000) on the take parter. The sanction can be pguideed.

The suspension only covers domestic alignes, unbenevolenting the 27-year-better Bentancur will be useable to take part for his London club in the Europa League. Spurs get on Roma in the league phase of the tournament on November 28.

The FA also ordered Bentancur to include a “face-to-face education program”, details of which will be provided tardyr. The course should be endd by March 11 next year.

“If the take parter fall shorts to end the program satisfactorily in that period, he will be promptly defered from all domestic club football until such time as the compulsory program is endd,” the FA shelp.

Tottenham and Bentancur did not promptly react to the punishment.