2023-10-28 05:55:30
London (AFP)
Italian Sandro Tonali, Newcastle’s English midfielder, will miss the remainder of the season with his club and his country, following the International Federation, FIFA, ratified the Italian authorities’ decision to ban him for 10 months, due to illegal sports betting.
The Italian Federation announced the suspension of the 23-year-old player, following the end of investigations.
Newcastle coach Eddie Howe stated that Tonali may play once morest his host Wolverhampton, in the tenth round of the English Premier League, because the club was not officially notified of the penalty, but “FIFA” confirmed the Italian Federation’s request to confirm the player’s suspension penalty, so that it has immediate effect in various competitions. around the world.
Tonali’s agent, who joined Newcastle from AC Milan last July for $67 million, said that the player suffers from an addiction to betting.
Howe explained his position on the issue, “We did not expect what just happened, and it is frustrating and disappointing to have to be without a good player for such a long time.”
Tonali was suspended for “15 international matches” due to illegal sports betting, with the aggravating circumstances of betting on the matches of Brescia 2017-2020 and Milan 2020-2023, when he was defending their colors, and the punishment will be accompanied by therapeutic obligations to put an end to his addiction to betting.
After moving to Newcastle, Tonali (23 years old), who is the most expensive Italian player in history, became the second player to be punished in the betting case, following Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli, who was suspended for 7 months.
The penalty prohibits Tonali (25 international matches) from participating with his country’s national team in the 2024 European Cup if it qualifies for it, and he will return to the stadiums at the beginning of the 2024-2025 season.
Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo, loaned to Aston Villa in England from the Turkish club Galatasaray, were excluded from their country’s national team pool in preparation for the international window in the middle of this month, and missed Italy’s matches once morest Malta and England, following they were informed that they were being investigated by Italian prosecutors.
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