The appeals panel noted several "mitigating circumstances" but still deemed Bentancur’s comments about Son Heung-Min and Koreans to be "objectively insulting and/or hostile."

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches by the Football Association (FA) and handed a £100,000 fine over comments he made about his team-mate Son Heung-min. Bentancur said that South Korea international Son and his cousins “all look the same” on television programme Por La Camiseta,

Rodrigo Bentancur claimed his racial slur about Heung-min Son was “sarcastic and a gentle rebuke" to a journalist who described his Tottenham team-mate as "the Korean". Bentancur was hit with a seven-match ban and fined £100,

Tottenham midfielder, Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match Premier League ban by the English Football Association for using a racial slur about team-mate Son Heung-min. Bentancur was also fined £100,

A panel upheld the charge and Rodrigo Bentancur will have to sit out Tottenham's next seven domestic fixtures, though he will be able to play in Europa League matches.

Bentancur will miss six Premier League fixtures and Tottenham’s Carabao Cup quarter-final with Manchester United.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been handed a seven-match domestic ban and £100,000 fine by the Football Association following racist remarks about teammate Son Heung-min. The Uruguayan midfielder made the controversial comments during a television interview with Canal 10,