FA hit Dave Whelan with SIX WEEK ban for comments

WIGAN chairman Dave Whelan has been banned from football-related activities for six weeks over comments he made regarding Jewish and Chinese people.

Dave Whelan at WembleyGETTY

Dave Whelan has been banned from football activities for six weeks

Whelan is on holiday in Barbados and is not expected to be back in country until the end of January.

The 78-year-old said it was "nothing" to call a Chinese person a "chink" and stated "Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else" as he sought to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as Wigan manager.

Mackay is the subject of an investigation into alleged racist and anti-Semitic texts sent while he was in charge of Cardiff.

Wigan issued a statement saying the findings of a commission on the case, which have yet to be made public by the FA, was satisfied Whelan "is not a racist".

Whelan accepted an FA aggravated misconduct charge and has also been fined £50,000, warned as to his future conduct and ordered to undertake a mandatory education programme. He can appeal.

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