2 min learnMar 5, 2026 01:09 AM IST
Manchester United midfielder Jack Fletcher has been suspended for six video games for making a homophobic insult about an opponent, the membership stated Wednesday.
Fletcher, 18, was proven a crimson card by the referee throughout a reserve match towards Barnsley on Oct. 21.
In line with particulars of the incident revealed by the English Soccer Affiliation this week, he admitted to calling an opponent a “homosexual boy.”
Fletcher, who’s the son of former United participant Darren Fletcher, was charged with an aggravated breach of the FA’s guidelines relating to insulting phrases or habits as a result of the alleged feedback referred to sexual orientation.
He was given the usual minimal ban of six video games, fined round $2,000 and ordered to participate in instructional coaching.
Fletcher apologized for the incident.
“I’m really sorry for the offensive phrase that I used within the warmth of the second,” he stated in a press release. “Although I had no intention to make use of the time period as a homophobic insult, I fully perceive that such language is unacceptable and instantly apologized after the sport.”
United stated it had labored with Fletcher to “strengthen his understanding of discriminatory language, and why it’s dangerous.”
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It stated Fletcher had served three video games of the suspension.
Fletcher’s father received 5 Premier League titles and the Champions League throughout a distinguished profession with United. He has gone on to carry quite a few roles on the membership, together with technical director, and was lately interim coach after Ruben Amorim was fired in January. He’s presently an academy coach.