Bernardo Silva's innocent post on social media could cost him a number of matches this season.
BBC reports that the FA has started an investigation into a possibly racist comment made by a footballer on Twitter. There is even talk of a ten-match suspension.
B. Silva, who scored his first career hat-trick in the match against Watford on Saturday, shared a childhood photo of Benjamin Mendy on his Twitter account on Sunday and compared it to the hero of the "Conguitos" chocolate candy package.
The Football Association are looking into this tweet posted by Bernardo Silva earlier today...
[via @JacobSteinberg] pic.twitter.com/RxOxCQM6YK
Portugal also wrote next to the photo: "Guess who this is?"
B. Mendy, upon seeing the post, did not take offense and simply wrote: "1:0 for you, but we'll see." It is likely that the footballers were just exchanging banter, but a significant portion criticized B. Silva and claimed it was a racist message.
1-0 for you will see - Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) September 22, 2019
B. Silva later deleted the controversial photo and wrote: "Can't even joke with a friend these days..."
B. Mendy and B. Silva are old acquaintances - both played for Monaco and arrived at Man City in the same year.
