Striker Ivan Tony, who played a big role in the Premier League this season, was banned from playing for 8 months.
Local media, such as the British BBC, reported on the 18th (Korean time) that the England Football Association (FA) had given Tony an 8-month suspension. Ivan Tony was suspended by the FA for violating sports betting rules. Ivan Tony reportedly made sports bets between February 2017 and January 2021. While the FA prohibits players from directly betting or sharing information for betting purposes, Ivan Tony was found to have violated FA rules 232 times. Due to the long-term suspension of Ivern Tony, who is ranked third in the Premier League scoring rankings this season, it is inevitable that his team, Brentford, will weaken their offensive power.
While Ivan Tony was suspended for 8 months, the long-term suspension of players who have been active in the Premier League is also attracting attention.
Cantona of Manchester United is the player who has been banned for the longest time in the Premier League. In January 1995, Cantona received a nine-month ban and 120 hours of community service after throwing himself into the crowd and kicking an opposing team’s fan at Crystal Palace. Also, Bosnich, who played for Chelsea in 2002, was suspended for nine months after testing positive for cocaine and was released from the team 먹튀검증.
One of Manchester United’s legends, Rio Ferdinand, had an eight-month ban in 2003. At the time, Ferdinand missed a scheduled doping test and later passed the doping test but received an eight-month ban.
Suárez, who played an active part in Liverpool, was banned from playing chess twice by the FA. Suárez was given a 10-game ban for biting opposing defender Ivanovic against Chelsea in 2013. In 2011, he was punished with an eight-game ban for making a racist attack on Manchester United’s Evra.