CONMEBOL joins criticism of FA over Edinson Cavani ban

The Football Association has been accused by South American Confederation CONMEBOL of damaging Edinson Cavani’s reputation over its decision to suspend the Manchester United striker for an offensive social media post.

CONMEBOL said the FA judgement did not “consider the cultural characteristics and the use of certain terms in everyday speech in Uruguay”.

Cavani was handed a three-match ban on New Year’s Eve for using a racial term in a social media post.

The 33-year-old had replied to a message congratulating him on his match-winning display against Southampton in November with a post using the Spanish word ‘negrito’.