Kieran Trippier charged with breaching FA betting rules

Kieran Trippier has been charged with breaching the Football Associations betting rules.

The 29-year-old star of Englands 2018 run to the World Cup semi-finals moved from Tottenham to Atlético Madrid in July 2019. Trippier has now been charged with breaches of the FAs betting rules during that month and has been given until 18 May to respond.

The FA said the right-back “has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of The FAs Betting Rules, specifically in relation to Rule E8(1)(a)(ii) and Rule E8(1)(b), during the period of July 2019”.

Clarifying those rules, the governing body said Rule E8(1)(a) states that “a participant shall not bet, either directly or indirectly, or instruct, permit, cause or enable any person to bet on (i) the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of, or occurrence in or in connection with, a football match or competition; or (ii) any other matter concerning or related to football anywhere in the world, including, for example and without limitation, the transfer of players, employment of managers, team selection or disciplinary matters.”

Rule E8(1)(b) in the FAs betting rules relates to “where a participant provides to any other person any information relating to football which the participant has obtained by virtue of his or her position within the game and which is not publicly available at that time, the participant shall be in breach of this Rule where any of that information is used by that other person for, or in relation to, betting.”

Trippier issued a statement following the FA charge announced on Friday. “I have fully complied with the FAs investigation over the past several months on a voluntary basis and will continue to do so,” the Atlético right-back said. “I want to make it clear that while a professional footballer, I have at no stage placed any football related bets or received any financial benefit from others betting.”

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