GideonShandy

Hope so. At the moment i fear it's just as likely that a year from now he puts in a transfer request to make a sentimental return to his boyhood club because he's homesick and can't settle in the region etc.

Lot better than his teeth.

Have a hard time seeing this as much of a silver lining. Maybe we should encourage a few other players to have a flutter and next season the squad's strength speed and technical ability will be off the charts.

It seems perverse that he would be entitled to be paid in full while being banned from playing due to his own illegal conduct. Assuming that he is legally entitled to collect his full wage, if he has any moral compass he would nonetheless volunteer to give up a big chunk of it -- not less than half -- to the club. and also devote some of his remaining pay and time to appropriate charity or community work. And the club should look hard at pursuing a lawsuit or arbitration claim against Milan, as I'm sure they're already doing.

Joins a club that includes Hughie Gallagher, Joe Harvey, Bob Stokoe. Bobby Moncur, Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer. Good on you, Kidda.

Absolutely love the guy. Tactical genius. Extraordinary work ethic. Superb man-management. Handles press conferences with class, modesty, intelligence and a nice sense of humour. Inspires confidence all round. A perfect match for the club. We're lucky to have him (and he's lucky to have us.) Hope he has a tenure comparable to Wenger and Ferguson.

But also desperate as fuck. Their alternatives (if they even have any) are likely worse. Can hardly blame them for trying to look on the brighter side despite the overwhelming evidence of impending misery.

Idiots

Not quite the simile I was expecting.

Still miss him. I know I shouldn't but I do.

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.