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Cavani gets CONMEBOL backing after FA ban – The World Game
CONMEBOL has joined the Uruguayan players’ union in backing Edinson Cavani after the Manchester United striker was banned by the Football Association (FA) for a…
Cavani was suspended for three matches and fined £100,000 (A$175,473) for posting a message in response to an Instagram story after he scored twice in United’s 3-2 comeback win at Southampton on November 30.
The post from Cavani featured a Spanish word often used as a term of endearment in Latin America, with Cavani later apologising and deleting when he is said to have become aware the word could be construed as having racist connotations in English.
An FA investigation, which involved a language…
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