{"id":403422,"date":"2024-06-15T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403422"},"modified":"2024-06-16T03:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T03:10:09","slug":"tottenham-star-apologises-to-son-over-offensive-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403422","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham star apologises to Son over offensive comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur-1m1i\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/football\/news-2024-son-heungmin-injured-finger-brawl-with-teammates-asian-cup-tottenham-hotspur-20240215-p5j9k5.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Son Heung-min\">Son Heung-min<\/a> for making an offensive comment about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/republic-of-korea--south-korea--eoh\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"South Koreans\">South Koreans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on a Uruguayan television show, Bentancur was asked for a Spurs player&#x27;s jersey and replied, \u201cSonny&#x27;s?\u201d He added it could be Son&#x27;s cousin, too, because \u201cmore or less they are all the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bentancur, who is in Uruguay&#x27;s squad for the Copa America, posted an apology on his Instagram story late Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/combat-sports\/news-2024-paul-gallen-boxing-comeback-rumours-no-limit-barry-hall-george-rose-20240615-p5jm14.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gal hits back at &#x27;dumb&#x27; Hall over comeback rumours<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/state-of-origin\/state-of-origin-2024-latrell-mitchell-interview-nsw-blues-michael-maguire-20240615-p5jm2p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;We on?&#x27;: Latrell breaks silence in huge Origin reveal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-titans-tigers-result-highlights-video-leichhardt-oval-funding-api-koroisau-comments-20240615-p5jm1c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Tigers fans go &#x27;berserk&#x27; as horror run comes to an end<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cSony brother! I apologise to you for what happened, it was just a very bad joke!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ac7ad783-418b-4d52-b0ef-22596efb5357\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ac7ad783-418b-4d52-b0ef-22596efb5357\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"4377\" data-height=\"2462\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;You know (that) I love you and I would never disrespect you or hurt you or anyone else! I love you, brother!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Son, Tottenham&#x27;s captain, is yet to publicly respond to the apology.<\/p>\n<p>The two players have been teammates since Bentancur joined the club from Juventus in January 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has apologised to teammate Son Heung-min for making an offensive comment about South Koreans. 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