According to the Tasnim news agency, the Repubblica newspaper has published new details of the football betting corruption case in Italy, according to which more than 12 players, including another Juventus player, are suspected of operating in illegal betting sites.
It was yesterday (Thursday) that an Italian journalist named Fabrizzo Corona claimed; After Niccolò Fajoli, the Juventus midfielder, two other players, Niccolò Zaniolo and Sandro Tonali, have also been involved in illegal betting sites. Hours later, these two players were interrogated by the police at the training camp of the Italian national team, and then they left the Lazurdi camp on the eve of the team’s matches against Malta and England in the qualifying phase of Euro 2024.
Now Republika has written that the number of people who may be accused of working on betting sites is more than 12 people. This publication also published details about Fajoli’s case and claimed that the amount that the Juventus midfielder bet during the last 18 months was 100 thousand euros. He and other players accused of betting could be banned from football for up to three years if they do not cooperate with judicial authorities.
Al-Shaarawi replaced Zaniolo
With Niccolò Zaniolo’s name removed from the Italian national team list, Luciano Spalletti, the head coach of this team, replaced him with Stefan Al-Shaarawi, the winger of the Roma team. At the same time, Spalletti has called the talented Torino midfielder Samuele Ricci to the Azzurri camp to fill the void of Sandro Tonali.
The new claim of Corona
Fabrizzo Corona, the journalist who first revealed the corruption of betting by Italian players, claimed in the new news that the Juventus club was aware of Fajoli’s activities in illegal betting sites, but did not report it to the relevant authorities and preferred to deal with it silently. . According to his statements, Fajoli owed more than one million euros for his bets, although he emphasized in his confession that none of his bets were on the results of the teams he played for.