“Both players are not in a condition to face the commitments of the coming days. » In a press release sent Thursday evening, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced that internationals Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo had been excluded from the national team gathering, after the opening of an investigation into illicit sports betting .
The Federation specifies that midfielder Sandro Tonali and striker Nicolo Zaniolo, who play in England, respectively at Newcastle and Aston Villa, were informed of the investigation targeting them at the Azzurri training center in Coverciano. Both players will miss Italy’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta on Saturday and England on Tuesday.
The FIGC announced on Wednesday that it had opened an investigation in August to determine whether Juventus Turin player Nicolo Fagioli made sports bets. He is suspected of having used several different profiles to place bets on clandestine platforms.