Bentancur charged by FA over Son racial slur

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been charged by nan Football Association for utilizing a group slur astir team-mate Son Heung-min.

Appearing connected Uruguayan TV successful June, Bentancur was asked by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, earlier replying: "Sonny's? It could beryllium Sonny's relative excessively arsenic they each look nan same."

Bentancur later apologised connected Instagram and said his comments were a "very bad joke".

The FA said nan 27-year-old Uruguay world had been "charged pinch an alleged breach of FA norm E3 for misconduct successful narration to a media interview".

"It's alleged that nan Tottenham Hotspur midfielder acted successful an improper mode and/or utilized abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought into disrepute," said a connection from English football's governing body.

The FA said this constituted an "aggravated breach... arsenic it included a reference, whether definitive aliases implied, to nationality and/or title and/or taste origin".

In position of a magnitude of ban, FA laws say, external "match-based sanctions of 6-12 games will beryllium recommended to regulatory commissions for almost each acts of favoritism by individual participants".

Bentancur has until Thursday, 19 September to respond to nan charge.

At nan time, anti-discrimination kindness Kick it Out said it had received a "significant number" of complaints astir Bentancur's group slur, which highlighted "a wider rumor that heavy affects East Asian and wider communities".

Son said Bentancur had apologised to him for utilizing a group slur and nan brace person since joined up astatine Spurs for nan Premier League season.

"I've spoken to Lolo," said Son successful June. "He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised.

"Lolo would not mean to ever intentionally opportunity thing offensive. We are brothers and thing has changed astatine all.

"We're past this, we're united, and we will beryllium backmost together successful pre-season to conflict for our nine arsenic one."