The defender Kieran Trippier asked a friend to “bet big” on his Handover from Tottenham already Atlético de Madrid, According to a statement published this Tuesday by the independent commission of the English Federation charged with investigating the matter.
For breaking the betting rules, Trippier He was suspended for 10 weeks and fined £ 70,000 (about $ 94,000) in December, although the sentence was subsequently suspended by FIFA for the time being.
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The violations, which the player denies, are said to have occurred in July 2019 around the time he left the ‘Spurs’ for the rojiblanco club in exchange for 20 million pounds (22.3 million euros, 27.3 million euros). Dollars).
Among the arguments to justify his decision is the English Federation assured that Trippier, 30, exchanged WhatsApp messages with friends about his move to the Spanish club.
The committee rejected the argument of Trippier according to which those reports were in jocularly toco and he blamed him on four of the seven charges against him.
The international footballer gave that national committee access to his cell phone, which he discovered in July that a friend of Trippier, made 10 different bets, between 20 and 65 pounds, in favor of the Handover from defender to Athletic.
Hawley then sent a message to Trippier informing him that his pass had been paid for the Spanish club 6/1, after which the defender responded with three smiling emoticons.
On July 12 Trippier He sent Hawley another message saying “It’s happening,” after which the friend made two more big bets in favor of the surgery.
Two days later, another friend, Matthew Brady asked Trippier by text: “Shall I bet you go there? Athletic) and the footballer replied, “Bet if you want, buddy.”
Hawley and two other friends continued to gamble until the Handover for approximately £ 20 million on July 17, 2019.