Italian football pundit Luciano Passirani has been banned from appearing on television channel Top Calcio 24 after he aimed racist comments at Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku on air.
Passirani said Lukaku—who joined Inter from Manchester United this summer—will "murder you" if you go one-on-one against him. He added: "The only way to come up against him is maybe give him 10 bananas to eat," per BBC Sport.
Fabio Ravezzani, programme director for Top Calcio 24, turned down Passirani's swift apology and said the pundit wouldn't participate in future broadcasts.