The Football Association has slapped a 10,000 pounds fine on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s Suso for the inappropriate remarks he posted on his Twitter account related to team-mate Jose Enrique.
The 19-year old Spaniard apparently used derogatory words for Enrique, posting one of his pictures in which he had his teeth whitened and commented “What f*** is he doing ?... This guy is g*y. He has some mental problems. He does everything except play football.”
His statement was deemed unbefitting by the FA, which claimed that the midfielder’s action was against the code that the governing body had set for the players in the Premier League.
Although Suso does not intend to file any formal complaint against the punishment, he revealed that he meant no offence towards his compatriot, and that both of them shared jokes like these very often.
Joke it might have been, but that did not let him escape the penalty that the FA has meted out at him, as the football body accused him of hurling insulting remarks on the sexual orientation and physical appearance of another player.
A statement from the FA read, “The charge, which the player admitted and requested a paper hearing, was that he acted in a way which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute in that the comment was posted on his Twitter account and included a
reference to a person/s sexual orientation and/or disability.”
Anyhow, Suso later removed the comment from his account and issued a formal apology, admitting that his statement was improper.
Meanwhile, Jose Enrique also took to Twitter on the episode. The prolific defender laughed off the ‘joke’ made by Suso, and expressed his shock that the FA took punitive action for a mere light moment between ‘two friends’.
His status read, “Is amazing how fa can fine my friend @suso30fernandez for a banter thing. Was just a joke!!!”
Enrique and Suso both hail from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 and are known to be good friends. The latter made a handful of starts for Liverpool ahead of the former in the preliminary stages of the season, before Enrique re-claimed his regular spot courtesy a run of splendid performances.
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