Nov 20, 2024 11:10 PM IST
Bentancur was banned by the Soccer Affiliation on Monday, ruling him out of six Premier League fixtures and a League Cup quarter-final.
Tottenham have appealed in opposition to the size of Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-game suspension for his controversial feedback about team-mate Son Heung-min.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur celebrates scoring aim with Son Heung-min.(REUTERS)
Bentancur was banned by the Soccer Affiliation on Monday, ruling him out of six Premier League fixtures and a League Cup quarter-final in opposition to Manchester United.
The 27-year-old Uruguay midfielder was charged with misconduct in September over a tv interview he gave in his residence nation in June, together with his reference to South Korea star Son’s race making it an aggravated breach.
Nevertheless, Tottenham are sad with the quantity of video games Bentancur will miss and launched a press release on Wednesday confirming their intention to attraction.
“While we accept the guilty finding against Rodrigo by the independent regulatory commission, we believe the subsequent sanction is severe,” the assertion learn.
“Rodrigo will remain suspended from domestic competitions while the appeal is heard and the club will make no further comment during this time.”
Bentancur was requested throughout an interview to point out the shirt of a Tottenham participant, and replied: “Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”
He apologised on Instagram to Son for his remarks, and Son accepted that apology in a press release on the identical platform.
“I’ve spoken with Lolo (Bentancur). He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised,” the South Korea captain mentioned.
“Lolo would not mean to ever intentionally say something offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all.”
Bentancur was additionally fined £100,000 ($126,000), with the disciplinary panel insisting it ought to have been “reasonably foreseeable” to him that his remarks about Son could be extensively distributed.
The panel mentioned they took under consideration as mitigation his honest apology and former clear disciplinary report.
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