Rodrigo Bentancur has spoken about his potential seven-game ban from Tottenham's domestic matches while on international duty.
The 27-year-old is awaiting the verdict from the independent commission after an FA charge in September over his comments regarding Tottenham captain Son Heung-min in a controversial interview. football.london reported at the time that sanctions of six to 12 games are recommended on first offences for almost all 'aggravated breaches' of the FA Rule E3 that Bentancur was charged under.
Reports this week have suggested the Uruguayan is set to be handed a seven-game ban from domestic matches. If so, he would miss matches for Ange Postecoglou's side all the way up to and including the Premier League clash against Liverpool on December 22 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Bentancur has just returned from an international ban for throwing objects into the crowd after the Copa America semi-final clash against Colombia and during a press conference with Uruguay this week he was asked about the potential seven-game club sanction.
"My agent called me and said that he had been notified that this was the sanction. So far the club has not contacted me. I already knew more or less where things were going. Now the sanction has been issued, I want to be calm here in the national team and then we will see when it is my turn to go back there," he said, as quoted by ESPN.
Bentancur's return comes against Colombia, the side that ended Uruguay's Copa America chances.
"Colombia is a very tough opponent, I don’t take it as revenge because we did very well in the Copa match, even though it didn’t happen," he said. "I had a knock that made me leave the field, but it’s part of football. We have to take it 100% like we have been taking every match, we are very focused and involved."
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