Jude Bellingham is free to play in England’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday after being given a one-match suspended ban and fine for a gesture he made in the last-16 win over Slovakia.
The 21-year-old’s ban is suspended for a year and he has also been fined £25,400 (30,000 Euros).
The midfielder’s crotch-grabbing gesture towards the Slovakian bench after scoring a late equaliser was investigated by Uefa.
Bellingham, who has made the gesture while playing for his club side Real Madrid, denied that it was aimed at England’s opponents.
Responding to the incident on social media, Bellingham said it was “an inside-joke gesture towards some close friends who were at the game”, adding he had “nothing but respect for how Slovakia played”.
While Bellingham is available for Saturday’s match, Turkey defender Merih Demiral has been handed a two-match ban for a gesture he made during his side’s last-16 win against Austria.
Demiral, 26, scored both of Turkey’s goals in the 2-1 win and celebrated his second goal with a ‘wolf salute’.
The gesture, which is banned in Austria and France, is associated with the far-right extremist group Grey Wolves and is closely linked with Turkey’s ruling coalition party the National Movement Party.
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