GideonShandy

Not as a defensive midfielder.

Coloccinious.

Scoring only 5 goals against Sheffield United is absolutely pathetic tbh. Lego Head out.

Wasn't it? i thought his point was that, despite 50 million quid being at stake, Tonali had no moral obligation to disclose that he was a gambling addict and liable to be banned, because "employers don't care about any employee" so why should he care about us. I think that's much too generous to Tonali, and that comparing a 50 million transfer with a regular working stiff's employment situation is a false analogy.

Not convinced that Mr. Tonali has been "royally shafted" by either AC Milan or Newcastle United. Or that his current employer (us) doesn't care about him.

Don't know if this has been posted before, but it made me laugh.

Or stupidity. Or misplaced confidence that no one would ever find out.

No doubt the Italian FA and Italian football in general are pretty corrupt, but I think it's a routine matter that a national ban for betting on games is applied worldwide. Ivan Toney was the same.

Even if you knew that the prospective new employer was paying a non-refundable £50 million to your old employer for your services? And you knew that you had created circumstances that might very soon render you unable to provide those services? And are you saying you "would" have kept it to yourself (even though it was wrong) or that it was actually morally OK not to let on? If you or I change jobs and don't tell the new employer about, say, an addiction issue, then when it comes to light and the new employer finds out, the employer can just sack us and hire a replacement. He's not all that much worse off. But here you've got the issue of the £50 million, which changes the whole moral calculus.

I agree that, in fairness, he shouldn't be on full pay. But I don't think that can be accomplished by imposing a "club discipline" fine as might be imposed on a player who turns up late for training.

They can't fine him for a breach of club discipline for stuff he did before he joined the club. I suppose they could sue him for fraud or maybe breach of contract.

Pretty sure clubs can't fine players for things they did before they joined the club.

Maybe two false #10s instead. Well, y'know . . .

Reckon someone might have placed a bet on the ball going out of play within 5 seconds of the kick-off. Worrying.

I don't know, tbh.

Hard to imagine two more different personalities than Clough and Eddie.

What on earth was that throw-in?

Just become a dad, per Eddie at the press conference.

Fine art? He got us relegated twice.

Almost perfect. Just need to work in "to be brutally honest," "since I walked in the door" and a few "well, y'know"s.

Nice touch to include the cabbage accessory.

If they knew about it and didn't disclose it to us, that's tantamount to fraud. This isn't like an injury, that the buying club has the opportunity to uncover by doing a diligent medical exam.

He drinks Moretti. He eats spaghetti. He loves a bet. He hates fuckin' Sunderland.