Aleksandar Tonev  broke cover on Wednesday to again deny he is a racist — despite his appeal against a seven-game ban for abusing Aberdeen’s Shay Logan failing on Tuesday. The on-loan Aston Villa winger lost his bid to have an earlier Judicial Panel judgment overturned, with an appellate body branding him an unreliable witness. Although Celtic have the option of taking the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, so far the Parkhead club have only said they will seek to address the evidence used in the case — namely one man’s word against another — with the SFA.
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Aleksandar Tonev was given seven-game ban for racial abuse
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Tonev was alleged to have called Aberdeen's Shay Logan a 'black c***'
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The Celtic winger lost an appeal against the verdict this week
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But once again protested his innocence and denied he was a racist
‘I want everyone to understand that — most of all the @placeholder fans, who have been a great support to me since coming to the club.