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George Sessions

EXPLAINED: Rodrigo bentancur hit with seven match ban for son heung min comments | Vintage Vibes

Rodrigo Bentancur is team-mates with Son Heung-min at Spurs (John Walton/PA) - (PA Archive)

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match domestic ban by the Football Association for a racist remark made about team-mate Son Heung-min in a Uruguayan TV interview.

Bentancur was charged by the FA on September 12 with an alleged misconduct breach in relation to a media interview, which emerged in June and showed Bentancur being asked by the host of Canal 10 to show the shirt of a Spurs player.

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