The Uruguayan Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham Hotspur received a seven-match ban, along with a financial fine of 100,000 pounds (120,000 euros), for a racist comment about his teammate Heung-min Son.
In an interview given this summer, the journalist asked Bentancur to hand him a shirt from his Korean teammate, to which the footballer responded: “Sonny?”
The interviewer replied “Or any other champion?” and the Uruguayan responded “Or any of Sonny’s cousins, they all look alike.”
It is a breach of FA regulations by including a reference to another person’s nationality, race or ethnicity.
Bentancur apologized at the time due to the controversy the situation generated and was criticized by anti-racism organizations in England such as “Kick it Out”.
“I want to write to all the fans about the interview somewhere I talked to Anak. I talked to him and, logically, because of our friendship, he understood that it was a misunderstanding. Everything has been clarified and resolved with my friend. If anyone was offended by my words I want to offer my sincere apologies, but I also want to say that I never referred anyoneto the Son only and for that reason I never meant to hurt anyone, directly or indirectly,” said the player on his social networks.
He Anak himself confirmed that he spoke with Bentancur and he knows he “made a mistake” and apologizes for it. “I didn’t intentionally mean to say anything offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed,” the South Korean added.
According to the English federation, Bentancur denied the accusation, but an independent commission defined his offense as a “serious breach” by including references to the nationality or ethnicity of a colleague.
The FA has very strict rules about these comments and He has allowed Edinson Cavani in the past for calling a “black” friend in an Instagram post that Bernardo Silva for comparison with Benjamin Mendy there is a conguito.
The Uruguayan received a three-match suspension and a fine of 100,000 pounds, in addition to having to complete a re-education course, while the Portuguese did not play and had to pay 50,000 pounds.
however, the Argentine Alejandro Garnacho did not receive no sanction last season after using a gorilla emoji next to a picture of his teammate Andre Onana in a post on social media.
Source: La Verdad
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