Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur to face seven-game ban over Son Heung-min comments
Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was filmed in June saying that South Korean people "look the same" in a television interview which was conducted in Spanish
by Mark Jones · The MirrorTottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur will be hit with a seven-game domestic ban by the Football Association following comments he made about his captain Son Heung-min in the summer.
In June Uruguay midfielder Bentancur was filmed speaking in a social media clip saying that South Korean people "all look the same" in an interview conducted in Spanish which appeared on the Uruguayan Television programme 'Por La Camiseta.'
The host asked Bentancur if he could get him a Spurs player's shirt to which the midfielder, 27, replied "Sonny's?", before adding "It could be Sonny's cousin too as they all look the same."
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