Rodrigo Bentancur hit with seven-match ban for comments about Son
Uruguayan punished for TV remarks about teammateMidfielder swiftly apologised but was then charged
The Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match domestic ban by the Football Association for an alleged racist remark made about teammate Son Heung-min in a TV interview.
Bentancur was charged by the FA on 12 September with an alleged misconduct breach in relation to a media interview, which emerged in June and showed Bentancur being asked by the host of Canal 10 to show the shirt of a Spurs player. Former Juventus player Bentancur replied: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”
