Tottenham Hotspur to appeal length of Rodrigo Bentancur’s ban over comments about teammate Son

Tottenham have appealed the length of Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-match ban over his controversial comments about teammate Son Heung-min.

Bentancur was banned by the Football Association on Monday, ruling him out of all six Premier League matches and the League Cup quarter-final against Manchester United.

The 27-year-old Uruguayan midfielder was accused of abuse of power in September over a television interview he gave in his home country in June, which he made a gross violation by citing South Korean star Son’s race.

However, Tottenham are unhappy with the number of games Bentancur will miss and on Wednesday issued a statement confirming their intention to appeal.

“While we accept the independent regulatory commission’s guilty finding against Rodrigo, we believe the subsequent sanction is severe,” the statement said. The statement was included.

“Rodrigo will be suspended from domestic competitions until the appeal is heard and the club will have no further comment at this time.”

During an interview, Bentancur was asked to point to a Tottenham player’s jersey and replied: “Sonny’s? He might as well be Sonny’s cousin as they all look the same.”

He apologized to Son on Instagram for his words, and Son accepted the apology in a statement on the same platform.

The South Korean captain said, “I talked to Lolo (Bentancur). He made a mistake, he knows it and apologized.”

“Lolo would never want to say anything intentionally offensive. We are sisters and nothing has changed.”

Bentancur was also fined £100,000 ($126,000); The disciplinary panel insisted that it should have been “reasonably foreseeable” for him that his remarks about Son were widely disseminated.

The board said they took into account his sincere apology and his previously clean disciplinary record as mitigating measures.

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