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Newcastle bench Tonali ahead of imminent betting ban

Published

2 years ago

7:28 am

Newcastle United have determined to bench Sandro Tonali within the Champions League towards Borussia Dortmund for what’s presumably his ultimate recreation of the season earlier than beginning a 10-month ban.

This ban will rule Tonali out of Italy’s squad for the EURO 2024 event, however he must be obtainable for the beginning of the subsequent Premier League marketing campaign.

The Magpies are in the identical Champions League group as his former membership Milan, which is the place he was taking part in when he positioned bets utilizing unlawful playing websites.

The Italy worldwide was on the bench on the weekend within the Premier League and got here on instead, the place the Newcastle followers confirmed a substantial amount of love and help.

Tonali has confessed to affected by a playing habit and is present process therapy with a therapist.

This, and his full deposition to the prosecutor in Turin, allowed him to decrease the size of the ban to a reported 10 months plus one other six or eight months commuted into public appearances encouraging others to not fall into the lure of playing.

It’s towards the principles for skilled soccer gamers to put any bets, together with on completely different sports activities or occasions.

The punishment is extra extreme if the bets have been positioned on their very own crew, which seems to be the case for Tonali.

Nevertheless, as he solely ever guess on Milan to win, he can’t be additionally investigated for match-fixing.