Sandro Tonali, a midfielder for Newcastle, acknowledged breaking Football Association betting regulations and was subsequently handed a two-month suspended suspension. If the 23-year-old Italian doesn’t incur any more infractions before the end of the upcoming season, he won’t serve out his suspension. Due to offenses committed while he was in Italy, he is already serving a 10-month ban that expires in August.
After joining Newcastle from AC Milan in July of last year, Tonali acknowledged putting between forty and fifty football bets, including four on the Magpies’ outcomes, after being accused by the FA in March. Tonali, who has also been fined £20,000, allegedly wagered “well in excess of 100,000 euros” (£85,600) on the bets, according to the FA.
According to the FA, Tonali won all four of his wagers on Newcastle. In three of the four games, he participated. Newcastle stated that Tonali is “continuing to follow a therapeutic plan and educational programme with the club’s full support and will continue to train with his team-mates” . The midfield player said the procedure had a “profound effect” on him and that it “is something he does not want to experience again” before an independent regulatory body. The FA said that it was “highly unlikely” that it “would have ever become aware of Tonali’s misconduct but for his admissions,” according to the independent commission’s summary of the evidence.
The four Newcastle games that Tonali acknowledged betting on were listed in the written reasons that were released on Thursday. an accumulator that involves Newcastle defeating Burnley on September 30, 2023, or beating Brighton on September 2, 2023; a wager on Newcastle to defeat Brentford on September 16; a single wager on September 27th, Newcastle to defeat Manchester City; a wager on Newcastle to defeat West Ham on October 8.
It was also revealed that Tonali participated in an August FA betting training session, nine days prior to the start of his offenses; however, because to “extremely limited English skills,” he was unable to completely comprehend the material.
