Thursday, 30th October, 2014
The English Football Association (FA) has suspended Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand for three matches and fined him £25,000 over a social media comment.
The 35-year-old, who joined QPR from Manchester United in the summer, was tagged in a message in Twitter on 1st September which read:"Maybe QPR will sign a good CB [centre back] they need one”.
The ex-England captain responded by writing: "get ya mum in, plays the field well son! #sket”.
Ferdinand, who has also been "severely warned as to his future conduct" and told to attend an education programme arranged by the FA, is believed to have been charged in relation to his use of the word “sket”, a Jamaican slang word.
The defender has thus far made seven Premier League appearances for QPR, who are currently 19th in the standings with seven points from nine games.
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Ferdinand earned 81 caps for the Three Lions between 1997 and 2011.
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