BEVERLY HILLS, June 11, (THEWILL) – Dele Alli has been slammed with a one-game ban and a £50,000 fine by the Football Association for his controversial social media post, where he appeared to mock an Asian man over the deadly coronavirus.
The Tottenham midfielder had been under investigation over the matter and will miss his team’s game against Manchester United when the season restarts.
The English star will also undertake an FA educational course as part of his punishment.
THEWILL recalls that Alli had posted a video showing a man of Asian descent with the caption: “Corona whatttttt, please listen with volume” and in the next part of the Snapchat story, the midfielder was wearing a mask while appearing to feign concern and then, shows a bottle of hand wash, accompanied by the caption: “This virus gunna have to be quicker than that to catch me”.
Although, he deleted the video within minutes of posting it and apologised twice.
Alli said: “In response to the FA decision, I would like to apologise again for any offence caused by my actions on 6th February.
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“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.”
The FA commission wrote: “The creation and distribution of the offending material was more the product of spontaneous ill-judged stupidity rather than any sense of malicious intent.”
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