Bentancur confirms he will receive a severe sanction after his racist comment on Son: he could miss up to 7 games

This national team break in South America will focus attention on the concentration of the Uruguayan team. Beyond the internal problems that surfaced after Luis Suárez‘s words about the poor relationship in the dressing room with coach Marcelo Bielsa, Rodrigo Bentancur is in the spotlight.. The Tottenham midfielder will be sanctioned by the English FA following some racist comments about his team-mate Heung Min Son. In the last few hours it has emerged that this sanction will be announced soon and the footballer has assessed it in a press conference before the match against Colombia in qualifying matches South America.

Thoughts about Mac

All this happened in an interview between Rodrigo Bentancur and a journalist from his country. When discussing the current situation of their team and whether the correspondent can keep Heung Min Son’s shirt, the Uruguayan replied as follows: “That could also be Heung Min Son’s cousin . Sonnybecause they all look the same.” This comment spread the anger of his team-mate and a lot of criticism on social networks. So much so that the body that controls English football came in ex officio to control. According to English media such as the Daily Mailthe decision has already been made and Bentancur will be sanctioned with a total of seven games that he would not play in a Tottenham shirt in the Premier League or the rest of the FA competitions. Yes, he could, for example, play games in the Europa League.

Definitions of Bentancur

The Tottenham player has been one of the main speakers of the press conference before the match between Uruguay and the Colombian team. The coffee growerswhich is in second place of Copa America, the competitor for the hit a yes immersed in a kind of internal war. The player has not avoided one of the two cases and regarding sanctions he said that he found out 24 hours ago thanks to his representative and that there was no other option but to accept it. “My agent told me that they contacted the club and this is the sanction, but the club has not communicated yet. It was already known where the hand was going. Now my priority is to be calm in the national team, “he said. in front of the communication media.

Some time ago, Son and Bentancur settled the matter. The South Korean even spoke publicly and said he forgave Bentancur, who also chose to ask for forgiveness on his social networks. “I would like to write to all the fans about the interview in which I spoke Is there I have spoken to him and, logically, given our relationship, he understands that it was an unfortunate misunderstanding. Everything is clarified and solved by my friend. If anyone is offended by my words I would like to offer my most sincere apologies, but I would also like to say that I have never referred to anyone else, except Mac and for that reason I did not intend to to offend anyone, directly or indirectly. “, the player wrote on his social networks. Mac himself confirmed the conversation with his team and said that he knew he had “made a mistake.” “I didn’t want to say anything that was offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed,” he said.