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Official: Man City's Bernardo Silva suspended for one game for Mendy tweet

Official: Man City's Bernardo Silva suspended for one game for Mendy tweet

  • Apollo Heyes
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva will miss the Citizen’s next match against Chelsea due to the joke tweet about Benjamin Mendy posted last September, according to a report from Calciomercato.com.
 
The 25-year-old Portuguese midfielder posted a picture of the French defender as child alongside the mascot of the Spanish chocolate brand Conguitos, a move that was widely criticised and seen as racially insensitive. The English FA has decided to punish Silva, subjecting him to a one game suspension and £50,000 , as well as a period of compulsory teaching.

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