mess in the America Cup with the Uruguayan team. This week a controversy broke out with the player Rodrigo Bentancurfrom Tottenham, who dedicated a few words to his Korean teammate Heung Min Son that did not sit well at all and for which he had to apologize. His words have generated a stir on social networks. Now, it has been the English club that has come forward with a clarification on its social networks.
The mess arose as a result of an interview with the popular Uruguayan journalist, Rafa Cotelo, where he asked for a T-shirt Heung Min Son, captain of the London team. “Can you get me the Korean shirt? Or some champion?” Bentancur’s response was as follows: “Or Sonny’s cousin, in short, they are all more or less the same.”
This is a joke that the player wanted to make but that has offended the Asian community. Several Twitter users from Korea spread the video and classified the midfielder as racist. Bentancur himself had to apologize on his Instagram account: “Sony brother! I apologize to you for what happened, it was just a very bad joke. You know how much I love you and I would never disrespect or hurt you or anyone else. I love you brother! ”He wrote in a message.
For its part, Tottenham have written this clarifying message on their social networks: “After a comment from Rodrigo Bentancur In a video clip of an interview and the player’s subsequent public apology, the Club has been providing assistance to ensure a positive outcome in the matter. This will include increased education for all stakeholders in line with our diversity, equality and inclusion goals. We fully support that our captain Sonny feels that he can put an end to the incident and the team can focus on the new season ahead. We are extremely proud of our diverse global fan base and our gaming teams. “Discrimination of any kind has no place in our Club, within our game or in society in general.”
