Involved in the sports betting scandal affecting several players of the Italian selection in recent days, Sandro Tonali is mentally broken. If the Newcastle player has chosen to seek help from a psychiatrist to get out of his addiction and to tell the whole truth about this affair, the 23-year-old midfielder still risks a lot. Indeed, Gazzetta dello Sport indicates, this Monday, that the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) would like to send a strong signal with the Italian international. As a reminder, article 24 of the Code of Sports Justice is clear: it is not prohibited to bet on sport, but doing so on FIGC, FIFA and UEFA competitions is a heavily punished violation. .
Thus, if Tonali’s upcoming confessions to the Turin public prosecutor (for the criminal part) should only cost him a fine, those he will make to the federal prosecutor (for the sporting aspect) could result in large consequences. Indeed, the sanction can range from three to five years of suspension (if it is established that a player bet on a match of his team, in this case Milan, his former club, for Tonali). A sanction which can also be reduced in the event of solid collaboration with the public prosecutor. To be continued…
