Serafini: ‘Systematic’ media attack on Milan continues amid Tonali scandal

By Isak Möller -

Ever since Sandro Tonali admitted to gambling on AC Milan while he was still at the club, the media has questioned the Rossoneri’s involvement. A ‘systematic’ attack, as Luca Serafini describes it. 

The Tonali news broke last week and the midfielder has since admitted to gambling on Milan, as well as other teams. He could face a lengthy ban and will also have to go to therapy for his gambling addiction.

In the media, there has been a lot of talk (not just in Italy but also in England) about Milan’s involvement and whether they knew before selling him to Newcastle. A conspiracy so ludicrous the attacks have a systematic pattern, as Serafini highlights for MilanNews.

“We can only note that (after the poison from the Genoa game) the break seems to be a curse between injuries, events and rumours that regularly flourish around Milanello. The media attack seems instrumental and systematic.

“Many surnames were involved in the betting scandal, but only Milan was at risk of illicit action. Did they know? They did not know? Did they sell Tonali on purpose? Did they keep quiet in the talks with Newcastle? Did they fix the games? It has become a sad trend to discredit what the club is doing on and off the pitch,” he writes.

Milan have made it clear that they didn’t know anything about Tonali’s habits. And how could they have known? The midfield was using a platform on his own and kept it quiet, not letting his teammates know.

Tags AC Milan Sandro Tonali

16 Comments

  1. “Did they fix the games?”

    Hmm…. The only way Milan could actually lose 4-5 times in a row against to such cheaters as Inter… 😛

    How about the Juve-Sassuolo and the ridiculous own goal? No match-fixing there because Juventus (players nor the management) has NEVER done anything even remotely suspicious, right?

  2. “It has become a sad trend to discredit what the club is doing on and off the pitch” lol hilarious. Didn’t they do the same thing with Maldini when he got sacked? ‘Why was he sacked? Because of x, because of y’
    It’s how it is with media. If we do that to Maldini, they can do that to Tonali..keep it consistent at least imo

    1. How would/could they know if anyone knew? If they released a statement saying “None of the staff knew anything about Tonali’s addiction” and it later turned out that the physiotherapist knew… How would that look like? “The lying bastards” would be crucified without a fair trial.

      1. The club has to come out and officially deny any knowledge of Tonali’s problems. Unless they are vetting everyone who worked with Tonali to make sure nobody knew anything.

        Worrying that it’s taking this long though. But I don’t think there would be any way to prove Milan knew anything.

        1. ” But I don’t think there would be any way to prove Milan knew anything.”

          Of course there isn’t. And there shouldn’t be a need for it either. Innocent until proven guilty. That’s who the justice works in modern days. Or at least is supposed to. Go ahead and prove they DID know. That’s the challenge here.

  3. Tonali will be banned, life will go on, newcastle will buy another midfielder, milan will continue winning games, journalists will have another story soon, politicians, journalists and lawyers, cuts from the same cloth

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