the defense Kieran Trippier he asked a friend to “bet hard” on his transfer of Tottenham at Athletic of Madrid, according to a statement issued on Tuesday in the independent commission of the English Federation in charge of investigating the case.
For non-compliance with betting regulations, Trippier he was sanctioned in December with a 10-week suspension and fined £ 70,000 (about $ 94,000), although FIFA subsequently precautionarily suspended the punishment.
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The infractions, which the player denies, would have occurred in July 2019 for the time he left the ‘Spurs’ at the mattress club in exchange for 20 million pounds (22.3 million euros, 27, $ 3 million).
Among the arguments to justify his decision, the English Federation assures that Trippier, 30, exchanged WhatsApp messages with friends about the move to the Spanish club.
The commission rejected the argument Trippier according to which these messages were in playful touch and he blamed him for four of the seven charges against him.
The international footballer allowed this federal commission to have access to his mobile phone, which he discovered in July that a friend of Trippier, Made 10 different bets, between 20 and 65 pounds, in favor of the transfer from defense to Athletic.
After doing so, Hawley sent Trippier a message informing him that the move to the Spanish club was paid 6/1, after which the defender responded with three laughing emoticons.
On July 12, Trippier send another message to Hawley with the text “It’s happening,” after which the friend made two other important bets in favor of the operation.
Two days later, another friend, Matthew Brady, asked Trippier by text: “Did I bet you were going there? Athletic) And the footballer replied, “Bet if you want, friend.”
Hawley and two friends kept betting until the announcement transfer for about £ 20 million on July 17, 2019.