Italy is in shock. If Ivan Toney in England was recently at the center of a sports betting affair, this time, it is players from the Squadra Azzura who are targeted: Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa), Sandro Tonali (Newcastle) and Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus). The latter was recently the subject of a press release from the Old Lady in order to clear itself of any controversy. “Regarding what has been reported by some media, Juventus FC specifies that from the moment it received the news of the possible involvement of its member Nicolò Fagioli in the field of betting, it immediately and promptly contacted the federal prosecutor’s office of the FIGC”, details the Piedmontese club. And we now learn that the 22-year-old midfielder is the one who cooperates the most in the investigation.
There Gazzetta claims that Nicolò Fagioli self-denounced by admitting that he had bet on football, while providing the two prosecutors with useful elements for the investigation. The Juve player would have spent almost a million euros in a few months and is risking big, very big. Which surely explains his cooperation with the investigators, where Sandro Tonali remains discreet. Nicolo Zaniolo informed him that he had never bet on football, limiting himself to playing blackjack on a platform which he did not know was illegal. If so, he wouldn’t risk much, if anything. To be continued…
