Tonali Betting Case: Howe Hoping FA Does Not 바카라�Throw The Book바카라� At Newcastle Player

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe has urged the Football Association not to 바카라�throw the book바카라� at midfielder Sandro Tonali after charging him with further betting offences. (More Football News)

The 23-year-old, who is currently serving a 10-month worldwide ban imposed by the Italian Football Federation in October after he admitted breaking gambling rules, is alleged to have breached FA rule E8 50 times by betting on matches between August 12 and October 12 last year.

However, Howe, who has been without his £55million summer signing from AC Milan since October, is hoping English football바카라�s governing body will not impose further stringent punishment on a player whose agent, Giuseppe Riso, has insisted is battling a 바카라�gambling addiction바카라�.

Howe said: 바카라�The news that there was an FA charge, that illness didn바카라�t stop when he moved from Italy to England, that illness was there and people should look at it that way, not 바카라�let바카라�s throw the book at him and let바카라�s punish him even further바카라� because I don바카라�t think that gets to the root of the problem.

바카라�We need to protect all our players because this is something that바카라�s open to everybody and becoming a bigger problem in society, so this isn바카라�t just a problem for Sandro.바카라�

Asked if he was worried Tonali, who has until April 5 to respond, could be handed a consecutive ban to run after the existing penalty has come to an end, Howe added: 바카라�We don바카라�t know, is the honest answer. I certainly hope for Sandro that there are no further consequences.

바카라�He has suffered during this period, he has sought help, he바카라�s been very honest, he has admitted he has an issue, and I think the best thing for Sandro would be to resume his career having taken his punishment and having learned a lot of lessons from this.바카라�

Tonali바카라�s initial 18-month suspension was reduced by eight months on condition that he underwent treatment for his addiction and made 16 public appearances in Italy to talk to young players about the dangers of gambling.

He is currently allowed to train with Newcastle, who face West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday, but cannot play again until the end of August.

Asked how Tonali is dealing with the situation, Howe said: 바카라�He is seeking help on a regular basis. This is something that won바카라�t go away for him, so he has regular meetings in Italy and in England to deal with the problems that he has.

바카라�But I have to say mentally, he바카라�s been very good in his training sessions, he바카라�s been very good off the pitch. He바카라�s been a brilliant team-mate to the people here and supporting team-mates and training really well to set a positive example.

바카라�His English has improved a lot as well, which has been great. He can communicate now really well with his team-mates, which is such an important thing.

바카라�I바카라�m really positive about his comeback, whenever that is, that he바카라�ll have a huge impact on the team.바카라�