Liverpool's Dani Pacheco has sent a good luck tweet to team-mate Glen Johnson using the controversial term "negrito".

The 21-year-old, who spent last season on loan at Rayo Vallecano, wished Johnson well in the upcoming Euro 2012 tournament by tweeting "good luck negrito."

The use of that particular phrase is controversial as it was the word that Luis Suarez was disciplined for using in relation to Patrice Evra.

The Liverpool forward was banned for a total of eight games and given a £40,000 fine after a clash with the Frenchman in a particularly ill-tempered encounter with Manchester United.

Suarez suggested that use of the term "negrito" had different cultural connotations in the Spanish language.

Pacheco made a similar point, tweeting that "good or bad depends how you say it. I always called Glen Johnson it in terms of love."

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