Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for alleged breaches of betting rules.
The 23-year-old is currently serving a 10-month ban issued by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in October for breaking betting rules in Italy.
Tonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan in July for £55m.
The FA alleges Tonali broke rules by placing bets on matches between 12 August and 12 October 2023.

by Nels8192

22 comments

  1. That is mad!!Bro’s bookie won’t leave him alone or vice versa

  2. Bro is cooked.

    All jokes aside addiction is a serious problem and I hope he gets some real help

  4. Bit shit that it was up until the day he was sent home from the Italy squad.

    Not like moving to a new country, new club and new town will suddenly make you stop the crippling addiction.

  6. Just give him a retroactive 3 month ban and move on. He’s been punished enough!

  7. Lewis Miley out for 6 weeks and now Tonali possibly extending his ban in the same week.

    Boss I’m tired.

  8. Are we buying that he has a gambling addiction? Man could’ve bet legally on literally any other thing. He has a cheating addiction if he chooses to do it on football.

  9. AC Milan sold this lad for 70M Euro with the best timing ever. That’s the deal of a decade.

  10. I get the feeling that Milan definitely knew this was coming down the pipeline, hence their eagerness to sell him.

  13. It seems like AC Milan managed to make the most out of him, and just in time too

  14. Hes done wrong and been suspended, any further extension of his ban would just be harsh and not necessary IMO. Who would a longer ban serve??

  15. Really sad to see and I hate that a good footballer is ruining his career due to a gambling addiction (and it makes me sick that the corporate world has apparently decided it is perfectly fine to normalize and encourage betting to the general public).

    I will say though, it’s really fun to watch Newcastle get fucked

  16. Milan really knew what they were doing here didn’t they…

  18. I feel bad for the player TBH. He has a problem and needs help with it. I am assuming Newcastle did try and do this – as he is an asset they have purchased they really should do as much as possible to help their investment.

  20. I don’t think sports bodies treat addictions properly, whether it’s gambling, drugs or drink. They need structured support rather than just ban and a fine, yeah he’s agreed to go on the rehabilitation course but other than that it’s like “right don’t do it again, see you later”

  21. Milan played a blinder while Newcastle failed to do their due diligence.

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