Tottenham Hotspur have appealed against Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-game ban for comments he made about team-mate Son Heung-min. Bentancur will remain suspended from domestic competitions while the appeal is heard,

Tottenham Hotspur player Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match suspension and fined around $126,000 (£100,000) for a comment he made in an interview about teammate Son Heung-min.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been hit with a seven-game ban over controversial comments made towards teammate Son Heung Min on Uruguayan television. Bentancur apologised in June for appearing to say all South Korean people “look the same” during an interview.

Tottenham have launched an appeal over the seven-game ban handed to midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur for comments he made over teammate Heung-Min Son. Spurs do not dispute the guilty verdict handed down by an independent commission but believe the Football Association's punishment is too "severe.

Tottenham are planning to appeal Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-match ban for his racist remark about Spurs captain Son Heung-min, according to reports. The Football Association handed Bentancur the suspension, plus a £100,000 fine, earlier this week after he suggested that all people from South Korea ‘looked the same’ during an interview in June.

Ange Postecoglou has warned against burning Rodrigo Bentancur 'at the stake' after Tottenham appealed against his ban for racist comments.