Dele Alli has been suspended for one Match and Fine for £50,000. He will miss the match against Manchester united after he posted a video where he was mocking an Asian man over spreading COVID-19, He reportedly breached FA Rule E3.
An FA statement read: "Dele Alli has been suspended for one match with immediate effect, fined £50,000 and must undertake an education course following a breach of FA Rule E3.
"The Tottenham Hotspur FC player denied that a social media post breached FA Rule E3(1), as it was insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute, and constituted an “Aggravated Breach”, which is defined in FA Rule E3(2), as it included a reference, whether express or implied, to race and/or colour and/or ethnic origin and/or nationality.
"However, it was subsequently found proven by an independent Regulatory Commission."
According to the FA, Alli said that he “very quickly realised that [the video] may have the potential to cause upset because no one should be making jokes about people all over the world catching coronavirus, especially when people have lost their lives as a result of it”.
"The Tottenham Hotspur FC player denied that a social media post breached FA Rule E3(1), as it was insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute, and constituted an “Aggravated Breach”, which is defined in FA Rule E3(2), as it included a reference, whether express or implied, to race and/or colour and/or ethnic origin and/or nationality.
"However, it was subsequently found proven by an independent Regulatory Commission."
According to the FA, Alli said that he “very quickly realised that [the video] may have the potential to cause upset because no one should be making jokes about people all over the world catching coronavirus, especially when people have lost their lives as a result of it”.
Dele Alli apologised via his Twitter account saying: "In response to the FA decision, I would like to apologise again for any offence caused by my behaviour.
"It was an extremely poorly judged joke about a virus that has now affected us more than we could ever have imagined.
"I'm grateful that The FA has confirmed that my actions were not racist because I despise racism of any kind.
"We all need to be mindful of the words and actions we use and how they can be perceived by others."
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