Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli will discover this week whether he will miss the Premier League restart after being hit with an FA misconduct charge in February.
The 24-year-old's appeal will finally be heard by a three-person independent commission on Wednesday or Thursday.
Alli was charged with discrimination and bringing the game into disrepute after posting a video on his Snapchat account in which he appeared to mock a man of Asian appearance and the coronavirus outbreak, which was then largely confined to Asia.
If he is banned, Alli will miss Tottenham’s first match back, the crucial visit of Champions League rivals Manchester United a week on Friday.
Spurs then face a London derby at home to West Ham on June 23, before another potentially decisive six-pointer against Sheffield United at the start of July.
There are no set sanctions for improper use of social media but, in a not dissimilar case last November, Manchester City's Bernardo Silva was banned for one match and fined £50,000 after an FA commission found he had "unquestionably" brought the game into disrepute with a tweet about team-mate Benjamin Mendy.
If found guilty, Alli would need to complete a mandatory education course.
Alli, who quickly deleted the video and apologised, is set to tell the commission it was a misguided joke and point out that the video was not shared on a public form, having been leaked to a national newspaper from a closed Snapchat group.
Spurs are also waiting to discover the outcome of Eric Dier's FA charge of "improper and/or threatening" behaviour after he climbed into the stands to confront a supporter following the FA Cup defeat to Norwich in March.
The Met opened an investigation into the case but determined no wrong-doing from anyone involved.
