Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been handed a seven-align domestic prohibit and £100,000 fine by the Football Association chaseing discriminatory relabels about teammate Son Heung-min.
The Uruguayan midfielder made the contentious comments during a television intersee with Canal 10, which aelevated in June.
The FA set up Bentancur in baccomplish of Rule E3, with an self-reliant regulatory comleave oution uphbettering the accuse after a hearing.
During the televised intersee, Bentancur was asked to show a Spurs joiner’s shirt by the Canal 10 present.
When converseing Son’s shirt, Bentancur relabeled: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all see the same.”
The comments were prompted instant argue, despite the establisher Juventus star insisting he didn’t unbenevolent to caengage any offence.
The FA accused Bentancur on September 12 with impropriety in relation to the media intersee.
The accuse constituted an deteriorated baccomplish under FA Rule E3.2, as it joind references to nationality, race and ethnic origin.
Despite Bentancur refuteing the accuse, the self-reliant regulatory comleave oution set up it to be shown.
The case insistd either uphbettering or neglectal by the self-reliant panel due to its classification as an deteriorated baccomplish.
While Bentancur will leave out seven domestic mendtures, he remains eligible to feature in Tottenham’s upcoming Europa League alignes aacquirest Roma and Rangers.
An FA spokesperson shelp: “An self-reliant regulatory comleave oution has imposed a seven-align suspension and £100,000 fine on Rodrigo Bentancur for a baccomplish of FA Rule E3 in relation to a media intersee.”
The spokesperson holded that Bentancur had “acted in an improper manner and/or engaged abusive and/or offfinishing words and/or brawt the game into disrepute.”
While Bentancur quickly publishd an apology chaseing the incident, this was not enough to impede disciplinary action.
After scrutinizeing the case, the panel ultimately upheld the accuse aacquirest the Tottenham midfielder, resulting in the meaningful suspension and financial penalty.
He will leave out Tottenham’s crunch showdown with Manchester City on Saturday.
And he’ll also be leave outing for domestic alignes aacquirest Fulham, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Southampton, Manchester United and Liverpool as well.
