Tottenham bankruptcy: Bentancurs racism lock remains!

Tottenham bankruptcy: Bentancurs racism lock remains!

Tottenham Hotspur has to give up: Bentancur remains closed!

shock for the trace fans! The English Football Association rejected Tottenham's objection to the Draconian lock by Rodrigo Bentancur. The Uruguayi midfielder has to sit in the stands for seven games after making an insulting remark about South Koreans-and in relation to his teammate Son Heung-Min!

The decision was made after a hearing on Tuesday, and the reasons for the judgment will be published soon. But the facts are clear: Bentancur has already missed five games in the home League and will also miss the quarter-final game in the League Cup against Manchester United on Thursday and the Premier League duel against Liverpool on Sunday.

The controversial remark

What did Bentancur say? In a Uruguayan television program in June, he was asked about a jersey of a Tottenham player and replied: "Sonny’s?" Then he added that it could also be that of his cousin, because "more or less they are all the same." A sentence that caused a lot of excitement!

Although Bentancur later apologized to Son on Instagram and described it as a "very bad joke", the question remains how such statements are treated in professional sports. Son accepted the apology, but the Football Association saw it differently.

The decision of the Commission

The independent commission found that Bentancur meant his comments as "sarcastic and as gentle reprimands" to the journalist, who described Son as "the Korean". But the Commission disagreed: "Even on the basis of the player's evidence, we consider the behavior of the player to be clearly offensive and hurtful, which is considered misconduct."

In addition to the lock, Bentancur was fined with a fine of $ 126,000. Another setback for the player and the Spurs, who now have to prepare for the upcoming challenges without their key player.