Where did ‘SON racism’ Bentancur go? Tottenham Tour list announced

Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancourt, who caused a stir for his racist remarks against his teammate Son Heung-min, will not visit South Korea.

Tottenham, led by head coach Engie Postecoglou, announced the list of 31 pre-season Asian tours from Japan to Korea on its official website on the 22nd.

While “Captain” Son Heung-min, key players such as James Maddison, Pedro Porro, Ben Davies, Guglielmo Vicario, Timo Werner, Dejan Kulusevski, Hishalisson and Pape Matar Sarr are all included, some players have been confirmed not to participate in the Euro 2024 and 2024 Copa America held this summer.

Tottenham explained that backup goalkeeper Fraser Forster is injured, and Bentancourt, Giovanni Rossellso, Christian Romero and Mickey van der Penn are not on the Asian tour due to their participation in the national competition.

Sergio Reguilon and Brian Hill, who returned from loan, were removed from the list as they pursued a move, it added.

Tottenham will first visit Japan, play a friendly match with Vissel Kobe in Tokyo on the 27th, and then move to Korea to face each other twice in Seoul on the 31st and Bayern Munich on the 3rd of next month.

As Bentancourt did not come to Korea, domestic fans lost the opportunity to hear the explanation of racism in person.

Bentancourt stirred controversy when she appeared on Uruguayan television and made discriminatory remarks against Asians, saying Son resembles Son’s cousin. She later made public apologies twice, 안전놀이터 calling Son a brother, and Son also forgave him. Bentancourt stressed that it was a joke.

Tottenham is taking the form of hiding behind Son Heung-min and trying to move on. Bentancourt could be punished. In the past, Bernardo Silva was suspended and fined for making skin-colored jokes to his Manchester City teammate Bangjamain Mendy.

Bentancourt was a member of the Uruguayan national team and ranked third in the Copa America. In an unprecedented situation where physical struggle between Colombian spectators and Uruguayan players took place after the semifinal match against Colombia, Bentancourt was hit on the head of a Uruguayan national team staff and injured himself.