Lawyers of Roma’s Stephen El Shaarawy amidst betting allegations: “He has never bet”

The lawyers of Roma star Stephen El Shaarawy have revealed that Italian has never bet and has never had any interest in doing so.

Yesterday, Fabrizio Corona had accused three more players of being involved in the illegal betting scandal, after he named Nicolo Fagioli, Nicolo Zaniolo, Sandro Tonali and Roma’s Nicola Zalewski. The three new players mentioned in the scandal were El Shaarawy, Federico Gatti and Lazio’s Nicolo Casale.

Casale’s agent has already publicly stated that his client never indulged in illegal betting and the defender’s lawyers will take legal action against the accusations. 

El Shaarawy’s lawyers Matteo Uslenghi and Federico Venturi have now released a statement (via Sky Italia), revealing El Shaarawy has never bet and he has never had any interest in doing so either.

“Stephan and betting, of any kind, have nothing in common. He has never bet nor was he ever interested in doing so”

Nicola Zalewski’s entourage is also considering taking legal action against the accusations, as the Prosecutor’s office has never opened investigations into his case. The same applies for El Shaarawy, Casale and Gatti, with no evidence of their involvement found.

Kaustubh Pandey | GIFN