Liverpool player fined for tweet

Liverpool player fined for tweet

Published Dec. 18, 2012 10:49 a.m. ET

Liverpool midfielder Suso has been fined 10,000 pounds ($16,000) for posting a tweet about teammate Jose Enrique.

The Spaniard last month posted a photo of Enrique having his teeth whitened and wrote on Twitter, ''This guy is gay... he does everything except play football.''

He deleted the tweet, then reposted the picture with a new comment, ''I dunno what to say...''

The English Football Association says Suso admitted at a hearing to a charge of acting ''in a way which was improper and/or brought the game into disrepute in that the comment was posted on his Twitter account and included a reference to a person's sexual orientation and/or disability.''

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The 19-year-old Suso signed a long-term contract in October.

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