Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur banned for SEVEN GAMES for ‘racial slur’ against his team-mate Son Heung-min, after saying South Korean cousins ‘are all the same’ in TV interview [Video]

Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur has been hit with a seven-match domestic ban by the Football Association for an alleged racist remark made about team-mate Son Heung-min in a TV interview.

Mail Sport’s Sami Mokbel had exclusively revealed earlier in November that the FA were set to hit the Uruguayan with a huge ban following the incident, with the length of that punishment now confirmed as seven games. 

Bentancur, 27, 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. 

Former Juventus player Bentancur replied: ‘Sonny’s? It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.’

While Bentancur swiftly apologise, due to this being an ‘aggravated breach’, an independent regulatory commission panel was required to either uphold the FA charge or …