Tottenham will be without key midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur for the weeks ahead after he was hit with a seven-game ban and £100,000 fine by the Football Association (FA). The Uruguayan international was in September charged by the FA for suggesting that South Korean team-mate Heung-min Son and his cousins “all look the same”.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder has been handed a seven-game ban and a £100,000 fine by the English Football Association for using abusive language and bringing the game into disrepute during an interview on Uruguayan TV.