Tottenham Star Dele Alli Sanctioned Over COVID-19 Joke
File: Dele Alli of Tottenham reacts during the Audi cup 2019 final match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Muenchen at Allianz Arena on July 31, 2019 in Munich, Germany. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli has been given a one-match ban by the Football Association after joking about the coronavirus in a social media video and will miss his side’s first Premier League match after the restart.
The England international was shown wearing a face mask and the video had the title: “Corona whattt, please listen with volume”.The video cut to an unsuspecting man of Asian appearance before panning to a bottle of antiseptic hand wash, underneath which appeared the caption: “This virus gunna have to be quicker than that to catch me”.He was charged with misconduct by the FA on February 26 and his case has now been heard.
“It was an extremely poorly judged joke about a virus that has now affected us more than we could ever have imagined.
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