West Brom striker Jay Rodriguez has lodged his appeal to clear his name after he was charged with racial abuse, talkSPORT understands.
The forward had until Friday, having been granted an extra three weeks to put his defence together following the Football Association charge.
It is alleged Rodriguez "used abusive and/or insulting words which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race" to Brighton's Gaetan Bong during Albion's 2-0 win in January.
Rodriguez denies what he described as a "false allegation" and the matter will now go to an FA panel. It is understood Rodriguez claims he purely commented that Bong had bad breath.