Madrid, Spain /
FIFA rules and everyone is silent! The Agency’s Appeals Committee announced preventive suspension of the sanction just imposed Kieran Trippier by the English Federation, which had found him guilty of illegal gambling on his signing with Atlético de Madrid in 2019.
Why was Trippier’s sanction lifted?
The information that appears in Spain details that Trippier provided valuable information to FIFA to detect what it was your brother-in-law who made the illegal bet in the summer of 2019, when he found out directly that the English player already has an agreement with Colchoneros to leave Tottenham.
What was the punishment for Trippier?
He had been convicted two months penalty without the possibility to play or train at a professional level, being the English Federation the one that imposed the measure now invalid, because at the time of the alleged bet, Trippier it still belonged to Tottenham.
During the period when the English team was to be retained, would have missed 13 games with Atlético between LaLiga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League.
As a precaution, the defender is already at the disposal of Diego Simeone, although, in principle, he did not enter the call-up for the game against Alavés this Sunday.
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