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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou says midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is an "outstanding person" who made a "mistake" with the radical slur made against team-mate Son Heung-min.
The Uruguay international, 27, was banned for 7 matches by the Football Association earlier this week, pursuing the comments helium made portion appearing connected Uruguayan tv successful June.
Spurs person appealed against the ban, saying they judge the blameworthy uncovering but not the severity of the punishment.
"I afloat enactment the club's determination to entreaty the severity of the ban," Postecoglou told Sky Sports, external.
"I spoke to him successful the lead-up [to the FA's decision] and arsenic I said helium understands he's made a mistake and he's prepared to judge immoderate punishment comes his way.
"We arsenic a nine are going to enactment him due to the fact that the 1 happening that's undeniable to maine - due to the fact that I cognize him - is that he's an outstanding person, an unbelievable team-mate and a idiosyncratic of the utmost quality that's made a mistake."
Postecoglou says helium accepts the FA's blameworthy verdict and that Bentancur volition miss a fig of matches.
In the media interrogation successful question, asked by a presenter for a Tottenham shirt, Bentancur replied: "Sonny's? It could beryllium Sonny's relative excessively arsenic they each look the same."
He aboriginal apologised connected societal media and said his comments were a "very atrocious joke".
Bentancur besides said atrocious to South Korea guardant Son, who said his team-mate would "not mean to ever intentionally accidental thing offensive".
Bentancur, who denied the charge, was fined £100,000 and ordered to acquisition a face-to-face acquisition programme.
The prohibition means Bentancur volition miss Premier League matches against Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea among others, arsenic good arsenic a Carabao Cup quarter-final lucifer against Manchester United.
He is disposable for Europa League matches.
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