Bentancur’s Punishment Was Harsh, I Support Tottenham’s Appeal – Ange Postecoglou

Tottenham manager, Ange Postecoglou has come out to warn against burning Rodrigo Bentancur at the stake. This is coming after Spurs appealed against his ban for racist comments, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he stands behind Spurs‘ decision to take issue with the severity of the suspension, and the opposition in game number seven had no impact on the decision to appeal the player’s ban for an extra game.

Ange added that it was definitely a harsh punishment, so he fully supports the club’s appeal.

His words, “I’m not interested in looks or what people want to make… He’s said he’s made a mistake. We’ll accept whatever penalty comes our way. We believe that the first one was a little bit harsh so we’ve appealed that which I think is our right. That’s the whole process. Even if you look at the punishment, it’s at the lower end of the scale so even the people who have all of the information have adjudicated that way.

I get that people want to burn people at the stake nowadays, but as I keep saying part of this process if you want real education and progress is to understand that when somebody makes a mistake and they pay the penalty, part of that is education and hopefully treating them in the way that people see that’s a way forward, whether it’s Rodrigo or anyone else. I’m old enough in life that I’ve made bigger mistakes than that mate, but I was allowed to learn from them and hopefully I’m a better human being because of that.

I couldn’t care less who it’s against but yes it’s worth it because that’s what we feel. We still have a judicial process. That’s why appeals are there. We’re not going outside the jurisdiction, we’re not trying to create something that’s not available to us.

We think it was harsh, we think it should have been the minimum and we’ll go through that process. If it’s deemed not then we’ll accept that. We’re not going to just accept to something if we feel that it’s not the right thing in terms of our process. So I’m fully supportive and we’ll abide by any decision but that’s why there’s an appeal process.”

WOW.