Alejandro Garnacho posted a photo with goalkeeper Andre Onana celebrating on social network in the third round of the Champions League group stage, October 25.
Young star of M.U club suddenly faces suspension because of his celebratory status – Photo 1.
Alejandro Garnacho (left) celebrates with goalkeeper Onana (3rd from left)
The celebratory photo posted by Alejandro Garnacho is nothing worth mentioning, but the 19-year-old Argentine player also added two emoticons of a gorilla that became a problem. About 15 minutes after the above status line was posted on his personal account on social network X, Alejandro Garnacho deleted it.
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“However, the English Football Association (FA) observed and immediately sent a request to M.U Club to explain the case of Alejandro Garnacho. In it, the FA stated the reasons why this status line violated regulations on speech on social networks and consider heavy fines if it is intentional defamation of others,” MailOnline said.
This is not the first incident that has happened in the English Premier League. In 2020, striker Edinson Cavani, who was still playing for M.U, was also banned from playing for 3 matches and fined up to 100,000 pounds, due to a post on social networks that used inappropriate words: “negrito” (a term). in Uruguay it is translated as thank you little black man). Cavani later explained that he did not mean to offend, because using this term only shows the endearment that Uruguayans often use.
Or the case of Man City midfielder Bernardo Silva, who in 2019 was banned by the FA for 1 match and fined up to 50,000 pounds because he posted an image of a black cartoon character, in an incident involving player Benjamin Mendy. . Bernardo Silva later complained: “It’s impossible to even joke with a friend these days.”
Young star of M.U club suddenly faces suspension because of his celebratory status – Photo 2.
The images and status lines posted by Alejandro Garnacho caused him to face a penalty from the FA
According to MailOnline: “With very strict regulations, the FA will definitely punish Alejandro Garnacho after his recent post. This incident is quite similar to the cases of Edinson Cavani and Bernardo Silva, as both are related to comments or emoticons that imply ethnicity, skin color, gender… violate the regulations of this organization.”
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Onana spoke up to defend Alejandro Garnacho, saying that this young player had no bad intentions, disdain, or racism towards him, but through the symbols (gorillas) he just wanted to show off. That was strength and spirit, after he successfully saved the penalty to help M.U win.
This weekend, M.U Club will host Man City at Old Trafford in the first Manchester derby of the season, at 10:30 p.m. on October 29. Alejandro Garnacho is likely to be absent if the FA issues a penalty right before the 10th match of the Premier League.
