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Spurs’ Rodrigo Bentancur suspended for alleged racist remarks

by Cy
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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been suspended for seven games for his alleged racist comment.

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Bentancur suspended for alleged racist comments

The incident occurred on Uruguayan TV during the summer when he was asked if Bentancur could provide a jersey from a Tottenham teammate.

The Uruguay international responded by asking if they would like the jersey of team captain Heung-min Son.

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Bentancur then reportedly claimed that the jersey could be ‘the cousin of Son because they are more or less all the same.”

The FA handed the midfielder a seven-match ban and a £100,000 fine for an ‘aggravated breach’ of their rules.

The ban does not impact his international selection or Europa League fixtures.

Son accepts Bentancur’s apology

Meanwhile, Son said he holds no ill will toward Bentancur and has accepted his apology.

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He knew [it was wrong] and apologised straight afterwards. We were on holiday. I didn’t even realise what was going on when he sent me a long message and you could feel it was coming from his heart,” the South Korean said.

“When we came back for pre-season he felt really sorry and almost cried when he apologised publicly and personally. He felt like he was really sorry. We are all human a

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