Wednesday, November 13, 2024 - The Football Association is set to hit Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur with a lengthy ban for making an alleged racist remark about South Koreans while on Uruguayan TV.
According to Mail Sport, the midfielder is likely to receive
a seven-match ban but that figure is unconfirmed.
Appearing on the show in his homeland in June, Interviewer
asked Bentancur for Son Heung-min’s kit, Bentancur replies “maybe from his
cousin” as “they all look the same”
The FA confirmed earlier this year that they charged the
South American for an ‘aggravated breach’ of their rules.
And the FA are now close to confirming Bentancur’s
punishment.
Breaking his silence on the incident earlier this summer,
the former Juventus star took to social media to deliver a grovelling apology
to Son, insisting to the Spurs captain it was a 'very bad joke'.
He said: 'Sonny brother! I apologise to you for what
happened, it was just a very bad joke!
'You know that I love you and I would never disrespect you
or hurt you or anyone else! I love you brother!'
The South Korean revealed that team-mate Bentancur was close
to tears when he apologised over the alleged racial slur.
'At the moment because of the FA process I can't say much
about it,' said Son in September. 'But I love Rodrigo, I love him. We've a lot
of good memories since we started playing together when he joined.
'He knew and he apologised straight afterwards. We were on
holiday. I was at home. I didn't even realise what was going on when he sent me
a long message and you could feel it was coming from his heart.
'When we came back for pre-season he felt really sorry, and
almost cried when he apologised publicly and personally as well. He felt like
he was really sorry. We are all human and all make mistakes and we learn from
it.'
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