Winger Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United may be suspended for his comments on Andre Onana, which he later deleted from X.The Cameroonian international saved a penalty for United in extra time on Tuesday, helping Erik ten Hag’s team beat FC Copenhagen 1-0 and advance in the Champions League.While other United players took to social media to praise Onana’s performance, Garnacho, 19, removed his post on X after receiving backlash for including two gorilla emojis next to a photo of him and Onana celebrating.The Argentinean player deleted the original post from his timeline after editing it to remove the two gorilla emojis.
Made shortly after midnight UK time, the post was available to X users for around 15 minutes before being taken down.
Since the FA is likely to consider Garnacho’s message a “aggravated breach” of its regulations on social media behavior, he may now face charges.After publicly responding to a friend’s Instagram message in 2020 with the Spanish word negrito, which means ‘black,’ the FA banned Edinson Cavani for three games and fined him £100,000.
The Uruguayan, who was playing for Manchester United at the time, removed the post and apologized as soon as he realized the implications, and the striker issued a statement the next day in which he said he was “completely opposed to racism.”Cavani was also required to attend a training course by the FA.
Silva uploaded a photo of a young Mendy holding a Conguitos chocolate bar next to the cartoon character that represents the company in Spain.The tweet was deleted by Silva less than an hour after it was initially posted, and he later lamented, “Can’t even joke with a friend these days.”
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