This all makes calling the fixture nigh-on impossible but Paul Merson has had a go in his weekly column for Sportskeeda.According to Football Insider, Newcastle are launching an internal investigation into the Sandro Tonali transfer to understand how our recruitment team failed to discover his serious gambling addiction. The midfielder was brought in from AC Milan for around £55m but has now been suspended for 10 months, keeping him out of all competitive football until the end of August 2024. The report states that sporting director Dan Ashworth and head of recruitment Steve Nickson will be questioned and have come ‘under fire’, with the club eager to under how something as serious as this could have been overlooked.
With the media linking us to loan moves for Man City’s Kalvin Phillips and Al-Hilal’s Ruben Neves, it’s quite possible that Newcastle will now be forced to enter the January transfer market for a short-term replacement for Tonali, who will continue to earn a reported £140,000 a week.
With any luck, the investigators can immediately receive a response and help move this whole thing to the past. We really need to move on quickly because there are still a lot of games left and Tonali will probably be having trouble starting his lengthy ban.
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