Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist comment about South Korean folks when speaking about teammate Son Heung-min throughout a tv look, the Soccer Affiliation mentioned on Monday.
Bentancur had denied the cost, however an unbiased regulatory fee discovered it to be confirmed and imposed the sanctions, which features a tremendous of 100,000 kilos ($126,160).
The FA mentioned in a press release the midfielder “acted in an improper method and/or used abusive and/or insulting phrases and/or introduced the sport into disrepute”.
“It was additional alleged that this constitutes an “aggravated breach”… because it included a reference – whether or not specific or implied – to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin,” the assertion added.
In June, on Uruguayan tv programme Por La Camiseta, host Rafa Cotelo requested Bentancur for a Spurs participant’s shirt, to which he replied, “Sonny’s?”, including: “Or considered one of Sonny’s cousins as all of them look kind of the identical.”
The FA had first charged 27-year-old Bentancur in September, Son mentioned later that month there was no dangerous feeling between the gamers. Bentancur apologised to Son in June after the brief clip from the TV present was extensively circulated on-line.
“The Participant initially confirmed regret and took accountability for his actions and provided full and (now we have little question) honest apologies. In our view, that was significantly to his credit score,” the fee mentioned in its written causes.
“It was to not his credit score that, thereafter, he elected to disclaim the cost on grounds which, on their face, undermined that preliminary, commendable response.”
Bentancur, who performed in Uruguay’s 3-2 win over Colombia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier on Saturday will nonetheless be out there for Tottenham’s Europa League matches however is not going to return to home motion till Dec. 26.
He’ll miss Premier League video games towards Manchester Metropolis away on Saturday in addition to dwelling clashes towards Liverpool and Chelsea in December, amongst others. Bentancur may also miss the League Cup quarter-final towards Manchester United.
