Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was charged by the Soccer Affiliation on Thursday over an alleged misconduct breach for a comment made on Uruguayan TV about team-mate Heung-Min Son.
The Uruguay worldwide had been requested in June by the host of the Canal 10 present for a Spurs participant’s shirt, to which he replied: “Sonny’s? It could possibly be Sonny’s cousin too as all of them look the identical.”
British anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out stated it had obtained a “important quantity” of complaints associated to the remark.
Bentancur apologised to the South Korea worldwide and Spurs skipper, who stated his team-mate had “made a mistake”.
An announcement from the FA stated Bentancur had been charged with an alleged breach of its guidelines in relation to a media interview.
“It is alleged that the Tottenham midfielder has breached FA Rule E3.1 as he acted in an improper method and/or used abusive and/or insulting phrases and/or introduced the sport into disrepute,” the assertion stated.
“It is additional alleged that this constitutes an ‘aggravated breach’ which is outlined in FA Rule E3.2, because it included a reference, whether or not categorical or implied, to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin.”
Bentancur has till September 19 to offer a response to the cost.
Former Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani was banned for 3 video games and fined £100,000 ($130,000) in 2020 for utilizing the Spanish time period “negrito” (small black individual) in a social media put up.
