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He should have the balls to apologize to Bobby.
I think that's reasonable. Mud sticks and regardless of whether it was proven or not it's a very damaging allegation to make. You can see the media already running with headlines like 'Firmino escapes punishment' insinuating that he did the wrong thing and was just lucky to get away with it.
If he wants to, Holgate can do a lot to clear up any ambiguity by putting his hands up and saying I was mistaken / I mistranslated and didn't hear anything racist come from Firmino's mouth, but I doubt that will happen because for the investigation to go on this long Holgate either a) truly believes he heard Firmino say something racist, or b) he's committed so fully to this story to escape a red card that to backpedal now would damage his reputation. Either way I think Firmino and his family will just have to wear this one.