Football – In an interview with a Uruguayan media, Rodrigo Bentancur made racist remarks
When asked in an interview on Uruguayan channel Canal 10 last June if he could bring back the jersey of Heung-min Son, his teammate at Tottenham, Rodrigo Bentancur retorted: “Son? Or any of Sonny’s cousins, they all look more or less the same!” Obviously racist remarks towards his partner and all South Koreans.
Since then, water has flowed under the bridge. Rodrigo Bentancur has apologized and Heung-min Son explained that the Spurs midfielder “never meant to say anything offensive intentionally,” RMC Sports reports. “We are brothers and nothing has changed at all. We have moved on from this.”
“Aggravated violation”
But, this Thursday, three months after the events, the English Football Association (FA) decided to open a disciplinary measure against the former Juventus player. “He is accused of an alleged breach of FA Rule E3 for misconduct during a media interview,” explains the spokesperson for the body on X (formerly Twitter). It is alleged that this constitutes an aggravated breach defined in FA Rule E3.2, because it included a reference, im(…) - 20minutes
