Son Heung-min accepts Tottenham teammate’s apology for racist ‘all look the same’ remark
- Despite club colleague saying his countrymen all looked similar, South Korea’s captain said they ‘are brothers and nothing has changed at all’
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has accepted an apology from teammate Rodrigo Bentancur after the Uruguayan had said all South Korean people “look the same” during a television appearance.
In a short clip posted on social media from Uruguayan Television programme Por La Camiseta, host Rafa Cotelo asked Bentancur for a Spurs player’s shirt, to which he replied, “Sonny’s?”, adding: “It could be Sonny’s cousin too as they all look the same.”
The midfielder apologised for his comments last week.
“I’ve spoken with Lolo [Bentancur],” South Korea captain Son said in a post on Instagram.
“He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised. Lolo would not mean to ever intentionally say something offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all.