Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder banned for seven matches over racial slur about Son Heung-min
Bentancur, who has also been fined £100,000, used to be charged by the FA in September after feedback made whereas performing on TV in his dwelling country of Uruguay in June.
“Rodrigo Bentancur denied this charge, however the independent regulatory charge chanced on it to be proven and imposed his sanctions following a hearing,” acknowledged an FA tell.
The 27-year-outdated is now not going to return to home motion till 26 December, missing Premier League fits in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, Liverpool and Chelsea, amongst others, plus Spurs’ League Cup quarter-closing in opposition to Manchester United.
He’ll silent be on hand for Tottenham’s Europa League fits.
When charging the Uruguay worldwide the FA acknowledged it used to be “an alleged breach of FA rule E3 for misconduct in terms of a media interview”.
The FA acknowledged this constituted an “aggravated breach… because it included a reference, whether or now not sing or implied, to nationality and/or speed and/or ethnic origin”.
Bentancur apologised to Son, who acknowledged he would “now not point out to ever deliberately speak something offensive”.
Within the media interview in ask, requested by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, Bentancur answered: “Sonny’s? It’ll be Sonny’s cousin too as they all scrutinize the an analogous.”
He later apologised on social media and acknowledged his feedback had been a “very immoral joke”.
Bentancur has done 15 situations for Tottenham this season and scored his first goal of the campaign in a defeat by Ipswich on 11 November.
The incident engaging Bentancur came about in his bear time and so, as he plays in England, fell below the jurisdiction of the FA – now not like the ache engaging Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Fernandez used to be on worldwide duty when he posted a video – which the French Football Federation (FFF) acknowledged included an alleged “racist and discriminatory” chant – of Argentina celebrating a success the Copa The usa, and is being investigated by world governing physique Fifa.