The Italian midfielder had signed (at the same prices) during the months in which he was out of action due to the betting case: a way to express gratitude to the club that never abandoned him in his darkest moment
More and more together. Sandro Tonali and Newcastle have signed a contract extension that will keep the Italian midfielder at St James’s Park until 2029, with the club’s option to extend for another year. The signing of the agreement, confirmed by the Magpies, took place already in the months of the betting ban, from which Tonali returned over a year ago. However, the news only leaked today.
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Tonali had initially signed a 5-year contract when Newcastle purchased him from Milan in the summer of 2023. During the months of the disqualification, from October 2023 to August 2024, Sandro therefore not only decided to reduce his salary to 20 thousand pounds gross per week as leaked from the documents of the proceedings initiated against him by the English Football Federation, once the Italian one was concluded, but he also reached an agreement with the club to extend it by one year the original contract at the same figures as the initial one. A choice made to repay Newcastle for the 10 months in which Tonali was unable to play due to suspension, in which he watched the team implode between the championship and the Premier League due to an impressive series of injuries. A choice dictated by that sense of gratitude that Tonali feels for Newcastle, who never dumped him in the dark months of the disqualification, helping him not only to overcome his addiction to gambling but also to return improved and more integrated into the club and English football after the long forced stop.
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The contract expiring no earlier than 2029 also protects Newcastle from the assault on the market by the many teams that are interested in Tonali, especially now that he plays at the level of the best midfielders in the Premier League (if not the best of all, as Paul Scholes recently crowned him). Even if rumors about his possible return to Italy resurface cyclically, the reality is that Tonali is perfectly at ease in Newcastle. So much so that he has become a star, of the present and of the future.
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