Just last Thursday, Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani snatched a three-match suspension from the English club and a £ 100,000 fine for a controversial story.
As you may recall, earlier this month, the “Gracias, Negrito” greeting (thank you, blackbird) he wrote to one of his closest friends on Instagram managed to complicate the Uruguayan striker after being interpreted by the English as racist and sparking quite a storm. Although the word “negrito” is considered an affectionate nickname for members throughout Uruguay, and although Kabani has apologized several times, the English association has failed to be persuaded and has chosen to punish decisively.
Tonight (Monday) the answer came from the players’ organization in Uruguay, which wrote a letter to the English Football Association with the aim of canceling the sentence immediately. “The players’ association condemns the conduct of the Football Association,” it was noted, “This is discrimination and misunderstanding of Uruguayan culture. It is also ignorance. Kabani has not done anything that could be considered racist. It is a pity that the English association shows complete ignorance about our cultural worldview.
“The penalty affects not only the Manchester United player but all our values. Values that have always opposed racism. We ask the Football Association to cancel the penalties immediately.”