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Manchester United’s Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani was suspended for three matches and fined £ 100,000 (~ $ 137,000) for posting to his Instagram. Additionally, the 33-year-old will be required to complete an educational course online, according to The Guardian.
On 29 November in the match of the 15th day of the English Premier League, “Manchester” lost 0: 2 “Southampton”. The Uruguayan came out after the break, scored two goals and gave an assist, having achieved a victory for the Mancunians.
After the game, Cavani’s friend praised Edinson and wrote “I love you so much, Matador.” Cavani republished a story with the caption “Thank you blackie” (literally – “Thank you blackie”).
After the scandal began, Cavani deleted the post and posted on Instagram an explanation that the word “negrito” is used in South America to express sympathy.
“The last thing I wanted to offend anyone. I strongly oppose racism and deleted the message as soon as I was told it could be interpreted otherwise. I would like to sincerely apologize for that,” Edinson wrote.
The Football Association of England (FA) did not accept the apology and punished the footballer.
As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, Gent’s Ukrainian forward Roman Yaremchuk was disqualified from a match for hitting an opponent in the Belgian Championship.
