Tottenham Hotspur have lodged a formal complaint to the Premier League about a video that surfaced online

Tottenham Hotspur have submitted an official complaint to the Premier League following a video featuring a UK broadcaster had chants criticising the club, it has been reported. Spurs are reported to have taken issue with a video from ESPN Brazil reporter Joao Castelo-Branco, who could be seen joining in with chants alongside Arsenal fans.

According to a report in The Times, Tottenham have lodged a complaint to the Premier League about the video, which saw Castelo-Branco joining in with chants that called Spurs “s***”.

The video also featured a chant in which Castelo-Branco and Arsenal supporters sung about how much they “hate” Tottenham.

As a result, as part of their complaint, the report states that Tottenham have stressed to the Premier League that they no longer believe it is appropriate for Castelo-Branco to cover their games for ESPN Brazil.

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It has also been stated that Tottenham do not want to stop ESPN Brazil from covering their matches in the Premier League, despite issuing a complaint.

Castelo-Branco issued an apology following the video, which was taken down after Tottenham first expressed their dissatisfaction with its content.

“I wanted to apologise to the club for the video I recorded with Arsenal fans in Brazil singing a derogatory chant about Tottenham Hotspur Football Club,” Castelo-Branco told The Times.

“Given my role as a correspondent in the UK I feel I made a mistake,” he added.

“The video was posted on the podcast Instagram page and reproduced on my personal page.”

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Castelo-Branco went on: “I understand it can be offensive to Spurs and Spurs fans and I should have thought more about singing that and the reach it could have. ESPN was notified by the Premier League about Tottenham seeing and disliking the post and we agreed to delete it.

“Hopefully we can move on and I will rethink and be more careful with the boundaries of having that persona on the podcast.”

Castelo-Branco is reported to have sent an email to Tottenham offering an apology, and also attended an online meeting alongside ESPN and the Premier League.

The Premier League are reported to be holding talks with Tottenham and ESPN Brazil to resolve the dispute.

This weekend will see Tottenham return to Premier League action for the final time before the November international break is in full swing, with Roberto De Zerbi’s side travelling to face Leeds United at Elland Road.