The Newcastle midfielder will address the child footballers and students to inform them of the danger of the game. He is now in Newcastle, he is waiting for the interviews and will return to training immediately
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After the fall Sandro Tonali is already trying to get back up. He admitted the mistake to himself, to those close to him and he will do so too when he is heard by the prosecutors. Denying the mistakes, or rather the gambling disorder, would be counterproductive in every respect. Starting from the strictly personal, human one: which is why he has already started a recovery journey, turning to a renowned psychiatrist to discuss and identify a path to follow to re-emerge. It would not even make sense to deflect the questions of the Turin and FIGC prosecutors, with the excuse of betting on other sports or having bet on platforms that he believed to be legal. He will confess the mistakes, the inability to curb his desire to play: a serious problem, which however does not go beyond other boundaries. This is why, having overcome the initial embarrassment, he chose to turn to an Italian professional. He will cure his gambling addiction: for a young man it is a necessity to look to the future with serenity, and it is an obligation for his career as a leading footballer. An asset: for Newcastle worth 80 million, the amount paid to Milan in the summer to bring them to the Premier League.
TEMPTATION
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The theme runs on two parallel tracks: personal-social and sporting. In Tonali they can find a synthesis: he is known by everyone, football fans and beyond. He will be able to exploit his image to address younger people, without distinction (from football fields to schools): the serious mistake made risks ruining lives and careers. “Don’t do it too”: if Sandro Tonali says it he will be able to have value. A single mistake can be the first stumble which will be followed by others, to the point of making them unable to get up again, as had been the case for him until now: a very wrong game, a temptation to give in to out of boredom, in moments of solitude. Sandro is not a cog in a system, but the system involved him without him having the strength and clarity to oppose it. Soon he will be the one to explain it firsthand. The summary is what he did to his dearest loved ones, his girlfriend Giulia, his family, the agents for whom he is more than just a client. In the midst of total despair he set three steps: the admission of guilt, the acceptance of what will follow from it and the desire to emerge from this ugly story as a better person and a more aware player.
ALREADY IN ENGLAND
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While waiting for the call from the Turin and federal prosecutor’s offices, he left for Newcastle yesterday, a day earlier than the initial plan. The English club is obviously following all the developments of the matter closely. No decision will be made until all the information needed to reconstruct the case is available. According to the regulation, a possible disqualification would weigh on the national and international field: the penalty decided in Italy would be extended to all competitions authorized by FIFA and UEFA, therefore also to the Premier League. Where Tonali had started with his debut goal after six minutes. He had been a starter in the Juventus midfield four other times and on two occasions he had started from the bench. Always present except against Brentford due to a physical problem. From the beginning also in the two Champions League matches: the one that marked the return to San Siro, with applause from the entire stadium, from the away Newcastle fans and from the seventy thousand of San Siro. And he had also held the midfield in the latest surprising 4-1 victory against Paris Saint Germain.
silence
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From agents and lawyers, for now, only total confidentiality. No statements or steps forward that would risk being harmful. Same choice for Newcastle who have shown great closeness to him in private and will continue to do so in the future. In the meantime, he will welcome the player back to training sessions to prepare for the match against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. The latest news on the club’s website refers to an interview with Bruno Guimaraes and before that to the extension of Dan Burn’s contract. Soon the silence on Tonali will be broken by those directly involved.
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