Tonali And Fagioli Are Stupid For Getting Involved In Betting Scandals – Paolo Di Canio

Ex EPL player, Paolo Di Canio has come out to blast Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Fagioli for their betting scandals. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, both players must be extremely stupid for allowing themselves to be dragged into betting scandals, especially since they could have easily bet on cats, dogs or hamsters.

Di Canio added that it is even better for a footballer not to bet at all since they are mostly rich already.

His words, “There are a million things they could do. [Bet on] cats, dogs, hamsters. I am not suggesting anything. Of course, it would be better not to gamble at all. Did you bet on football? You must be empty. This is stupidity. You must be stupid. There are different plans. We are not talking about match-fixing here. Luckily this is not the case. There are different plans regarding gambling addiction too. So, what was the problem?”

When I joined Juventus, I came from a tough [Rome] neighbourhood. I didn’t fear facing a club director. One day, during a training session, Morini told me: ‘President Boniperti wants to talk to you today.’ I was terrorized, really. They kept me waiting for three hours. I asked everyone why he wanted to talk to me. Nobody knew. When I entered the room, Boniperti asked: ‘Where were you last night?’ I replied: ‘I was out for dinner.’ He asked again: ‘When did you get home?’ and I answered: ‘10.30 pm.’ It was 10.30 and he said it was too late. I was very young so I think it was a preventive measure. Really, I was terrorized. I thought they would freeze me out of the team. I was asking myself: ‘What have I done?’ Now times have changed. I don’t want to attack club directors, they have central roles, they have many distractions, and they have much more relations than in the past. But that being said, certain things cannot be justified.”