Rodrigo Bentancur: Tottenham midfielder handed seven-game ban for Heung-Min Son racial slur

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been handed a seven-game ban for his summer comments regarding team-mate Heung-Min Son.

Bentancur was informed of his potential punishment by his agent last week and the Football Association has now confirmed the sanction.

Speaking on international duty with Uruguay, Bentancur said: "My agent rang me and told me he had been notified that this was the sanction."

 

Tottenham captain Heung-Min Son defends Bentancur following his FA charge for allegedly making offensive comments about his team-mate

 

The FA announced in September that it had charged Bentancur with misconduct in relation to its rules on abuse and insults and those that include references to race or ethnic origin.

Bentancur insisted it was a "very bad joke" after he said Son and his cousins "all look the same" in an interview with Uruguayan national TV.

Son said they remained "brothers" and "nothing had changed" after Bentancur immediately apologised to him, admitting he had "made a mistake".

Tottenham travel to Manchester City next on Saturday November 23.

Spurs' next seven domestic fixtures

November 23: Manchester City (a) - live on Sky Sports

December 1: Fulham (h)

December 5: Bournemouth (a)

December 8: Chelsea (h) - live on Sky Sports

December 15: Southampton (a)

December 19: Manchester United (h) - live on Sky Sports, Carabao Cup quarter-final

December 22: Liverpool (h) - live on Sky Sports