Bentancur has apologised to me for racial slur - Son

Tottenham guardant Son Heung-min has said team-mate Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to him for utilizing a group slur.

Appearing connected Uruguayan TV, 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".

"I've spoken to Lolo," said Son. "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."

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".

Tottenham said they had "been providing assistance successful ensuring a affirmative result connected nan matter" betwixt their 2 players.

"This will see further acquisition for each players successful statement pinch our diversity, equality and inclusion objectives," added Spurs successful a statement., external

"We afloat support that our skipper Sonny feels that he tin tie a statement nether nan incident and that nan squad tin attraction connected nan caller play ahead.

"We are highly proud of our diverse, world fanbase and playing squads. Discrimination of immoderate benignant has nary spot astatine our Club, wrong our crippled aliases wrong wider society."