{"id":252522,"date":"2024-11-19T04:09:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/19\/rodrigo-bentancur-hit-with-seven-match-ban-for-comments-about-son-tottenham-hotspur\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T04:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T04:09:38","slug":"rodrigo-bentancur-hit-with-seven-match-ban-for-comments-about-son-tottenham-hotspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/19\/rodrigo-bentancur-hit-with-seven-match-ban-for-comments-about-son-tottenham-hotspur\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodrigo Bentancur hit with seven-match ban for comments about Son | Tottenham Hotspur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven domestic matches by the Football Association for using a racial slur against his Tottenham teammate Son Heung-min.<\/p>\n

The midfielder, who has also been fined \u00a3100,000, denied the charge, which the FA brought in September and described as an \u201caggravated breach\u201d of its rules as it included a \u201creference to nationality and\/or race and\/or ethnic origin.\u201d It related to a TV interview that Bentancur gave in June while in Uruguay. In it, he was asked to provide a shirt belonging to a Spurs player. \u201cSonny\u2019s?\u201d Bentancur replied. \u201cIt could be Sonny\u2019s cousin too as they all look the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

The independent regulatory commission found the charge to be proven and the suspension will begin immediately, ruling Bentancur out of Spurs\u2019s Premier League games against Manchester City, Fulham, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Southampton and Liverpool, plus the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United. He will be available again for the trip to Nottingham Forest on Boxing Day. Bentancur can continue to play in the club\u2019s Europa League ties.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old\u2019s absence is a blow for Ange Postecoglou, who has counted on Bentancur, starting him in seven of the team\u2019s 11 league fixtures this season, including the most recent two. He also started the former Juventus player in the previous round of the Carabao Cup last month, when Spurs beat Manchester City.<\/p>\n

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