Dele Alli will miss Tottenham's match against Manchester United due to a one-game ban and £50,000 fine for appearing to mock an Asian man over the coronavirus in a social media post.

The midfielder was found in breach of Football Association Rule E3(2), as it was "insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute, and constituted an "Aggravated Breach", which is defined in FA Rule E3(2), as it included a reference, "whether express or implied, to race and/or color and/or ethnic origin and/or nationality."

The incident occurred on Snapchat on Feb. 6.

"In response to the FA decision, I would like to apologize again for any offense caused by my actions on Feb. 6," Alli said.

"It was an extremely poorly judged joke about a virus that has now affected us more than we could ever have imagined.

"I'm grateful the FA has confirmed that my actions were not racist because I despite racism of any kind. We all need to be mindful of the words and actions we use and how they can be perceived by others."

Alli was sat in an airport lounge at Heathrow airport ahead of a midseason break to Dubai when posting a series of videos on Snapchat. The first showed a man with the caption: "Corona whatttttt, please listen with volume."

The second showed Alli wearing a mask and displaying a bottle of hand wash with the caption: "This virus gonna have to be quicker than that to catch me."

Alli deleted the post within minutes and apologized twice, in English and Chinese, but while the Football Association did not argue that the midfielder was a racist, they claimed he advanced an "unacceptable racist stereotype in a misguided attempt at humor."