Tottenham Hotspur were dragged back into the headlines for the wrong reasons last week.
Midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was left to make a grovelling apology to team-mate Heung-min Son on social media after making a “bad” comment about South Korean people.
The 26-year-old hit the headlines last week when he appeared on TV show Por La Camiseta in his native Uruguay.
Bentancur was asked by host Rafa Cotelo for a Spurs player’s shirt, to which he replied: “Sonny’s?”
However, he then followed that up by saying: “It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”
His comments attracted widespread criticism on social media after a clip of the interview started circulating and later took to his own Instagram to issue an apology to his club captain after the fierce backlash.
He wrote: “Sony brother! I apologise to you for what happened, it was just a very bad joke! You know [that] I love you and I would never disrespect you or hurt you or anyone else! I love you brother!”
Heung-min Son up until this morning has been silent about the incident, at least in public but has now released a statement on his Instagram story.
The Tottenham forward revealed he has spoken to Bentancur about the situation and stressed that no malice was intended by the Uruguayan.
Son wrote: I’ve spoken with Lolo. He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised.
“Lolo would not mean to ever intentionally say something offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all.
“We’re past this, we’re united, and we will be back together in pre season to fight for the club as one.”
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