Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand denies FA charge
The Red Devils centre-back has requested a personal hearing after
refuting the charges brought against him for comments made on Twitter
about Chelsea defender Ashley Cole
The charge is believed to relate to the
aftermath of John Terry's race trial, at which he was acquitted, when
Ferdinand quoted a tweet calling Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole, who was a
witness for the defence, a "choc-ice" (understood to mean someone who
is 'black on the outside and white on the inside').
The term was in reference to Cole's testimony
in court, in which he said that he did not hear Terry make a racist
comment to Anton Ferdinand, brother of Rio, during the Blues' match
against QPR last October at Loftus Road.
Ferdinand later defended
his remark on Twitter, stating: "What I said is not a racist term. It
is a type of slang [or] term used by many for someone who is being fake.
So there."
The FA said in a statement: "The allegation is that
the player acted in a way which was improper and/or brought the game
into disrepute by making comments which included a reference to ethnic
origin and/or colour and/or race."
Terry was also
charged by the FA with improper conduct last week for the original
comments made to Anton Ferdinand, which the Chelsea captain immediately
declared that he would contest.
Ferdinand could not have waited
any longer to answer his own allegation, with his deadline being
Thursday, and he has now elected to deny the charge.
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