FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Manchester United - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - November 29, 2020 Manchester United's Edinson Cavani celebrates scoring their second goal with Victor Lindelof Pool via REUTERS/Mike Hewitt
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - The English Football Association’s investigation into Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani’s use of the word 'negrito' has generated surprise and irritation in his homeland Uruguay.
Cavani wrote the word, which is a diminutive version of 'black' and is often used affectionately in parts of Latin America to describe a person with dark skin or hair, in an Instagram post after he scored two goals in United's 3-2 Premier League win at Southampton at the weekend.
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