The British media has taken note of the racist incidents between "captain" Son Heung-min (32) and Rodrigo Bentancur (27), with Son forgiving the racist remarks and Bentancur at the center of the controversy.
"Son Heung-min is the captain of Tottenham and deserves more respect in the team's locker room than any other player," said the British publication CourtOffside on Tuesday (June 20). "Nevertheless, Uruguayan Bentancur made racist remarks about Son's home country, South Korea, saying that people from Asian countries all look the same."
"I spoke with Lolo (Bentancur's nickname) and he knows his mistake and apologized to me," Son Heung-min said on social media, adding, "Bentancur didn't intentionally say those words. We are brothers and nothing has changed. It's already in the past. We will fight for the team as one in pre-season," he wrote.
This was Son Heung-min's response to Bentancur's racism incident. It was his first public statement. Bentancur appeared on a Uruguayan television program on April 14 and 카지노사이트 made racist remarks against Son during an interview. When the host asked him to get Son Heung-min's jersey, Bentancur replied, "All Koreans look the same. You could get Son Heung-min's cousin's jersey and he wouldn't recognize it." Although it was a joke, it was a "racist" comment that was meant to disrespect Asians.
The criticism that followed was directed at Bentancur, but it was also directed at Tottenham, who had been doing their job as an anvil, and it was in the face of this backlash that Son made his move. The big man's response was to embrace his teammate.
"Son Heung-min responded to Bentancur's apology," said CourtOffside, noting the captain's inclusiveness, "Son Heung-min spoke with Bentancur about the incident."
As the incident escalated, Bentancur issued an apology on social media, saying, "Sonny, I want to apologize for what I did, I made a bad joke," and "You know how much I love you, I never meant to disrespect or hurt you." However, Bentancur misspelled Son Heung-min's nickname, Sonny, as "Sony," and posted it as a "story" that disappears after 24 hours. It was criticized as inauthentic.
