Manchester City's Bernardo Silva hit with one-match ban for Mendy tweet, fined Sh7 million

Bernado Silva, Benjamin Mendy [Courtesy]

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva has been suspended for one match and fined £50,000 (Sh7 million) for a tweet he posted comparing teammate Benjamin Mendy with a black cartoon character, the Football Association announced on Wednesday.

In September Silva tweeted an image of a young Mendy alongside an image of the character representing the Spanish chocolate peanut brand Conguitos, before deleting it 46 minutes later.