Tottenham: Bentancur is in serious danger after racist comments about Heung-Min Son

Rodrigo Bentancur (27 years old) very high risk. The English FA (FA) announced that disciplinary action had been initiated against the midfielder as a result of comments made in an interview with the Uruguayan programme. “for the shirt” of Channel 10last June. The journalist had asked him to get the jersey of one of his teammates at Tottenham. “Sonny?” Bentancur asked him, referring to Heung-Min Son. “He might as well be Sonny’s cousin because they all look alike,” he said.

He regretted “a very bad joke”

A racist slur that prompted a number of disgusting comments and a number of complaints to the anti-discrimination association Kick It Out. The former Boca Juniors and Juventus player apologized to his South Korean team-mate and admitted it was a “very bad joke”. “He made a mistake, he knows it and he apologized,” Heung-min Son said on social media a few days later. “He would never have said anything offensive on purpose. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all. We are over this, we are united and we will be back together before the season until fight for our club as one. But the English Federation decided to stop there.

“Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged with breaching FA Rule E3 for misconduct during a media interview,” the FA statement said. “The Tottenham midfielder is alleged to have breached FA Rule E3.1 because he acted improperly and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute FA Rule E3.2, because he a ‘include a reference, express or implied, to nationality and/or race and/or ethnicity.”

The player has until September 19 to respond to the FA’s allegations. Between six and twelve matches have been suspended according to the “almost all discriminatory acts by individual participants” scale established by the FA. The Uruguay international (65 caps, 3 goals) returned to competition with Spurs. He also suffered a very violent and penetrating shock to the head. during the first game in the Premier League against Leicester (1-1), on August 19.

Original article published on RMC Sport