AC Milan have provided a statement to a journalist who covers Newcastle United and suggested the club must have known about Sandro Tonali’s gambling addiction before selling him.
Craig Hope of the Daily Mail is one of the journalists who has (repeatedly) asked if Milan knew anything about Tonali placing bets on games involving the Rossoneri and what the repercussions of that could be.
Sections of Newcastle fans have been demanding they explore legal options, but The Athletic recently addressed the claims that Newcastle could void the deal in some way, or that they are owed compensation, or might get out of paying the full €70m transfer fee agreed with Milan.
According to Fabrizio Romano, AC Milan issued a statement to Craig Hope on developments regarding Tonali and the vague speculation about potential legal action from Newcastle.
“We first learnt about Tonali’s gambling addiction through media reports, what we know is only what we read. We don’t know anything else,” it read.
Tonali has been banned from playing any football for 10 months while he will have a further eight months of counselling in addition to that after he bet on Milan games.
The Daily Mail is the absolute trashiest of trash British tabloids.
Split the difference!
They can keep half of the money and we take Tonali back! 🙂
That away game to Newcastle is going to be extra spicy. The Toon Army is going to be in full voice. I tremble.
Wrong move by AC. This is what Newcastle wanted, some sort of admittance either way. Going to courts opens up Lot of things..maybe they also have some info. Only time will tell
There’s nothing sort of admittance in the response imo.
They admit that they didn’t know anything. That’s why I said “either way”. It’s a Comms thing. This is the first official response Milan has given on the matter. Now you’re betting that no one in your staff actually knows nothing and that’s a big if. If they kept saying nothing they can get away with plausible deniability. Hopefully they vetted everyone to make sure but if a court case comes up all their communications can be searched
We get Tonali back either way, let’s cee
I don’t know why Milan gives the time of day to the Daily Mail or anyone working there for that matter… Trashy, sensationalist tabloid… trying to sell.