La Repubblica have covered the situation – as have many other outlets. They state that some other facts about the betting ring involving athletes and footballers emerged after authorities looked through the phones of Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Fagioli.
As a result, as many as 12 Serie A players are being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office in Milan. The report mentions that footballers paid huge sums into the pockets of two managers of illegal online betting platforms, who allegedly got help from the administrators of a Milanese jewelry store that functioned as a bank to settle the accounts.
The jewelry store is called Elysium Group and Fagioli had paid about 700k to them. A table recovered by the authorities has revealed the names of Alessandro Florenzi, Tonali and Matteo Cancellieri. The suggestion is that the Newcastle United player and Fagioli often acted as intermediaries for the online platforms and often made deliveries of money to have their own debts reduced. This led to other names falling in the eyes of the Prosecutor – specifically that of Nicolo Zaniolo.
Angel di Maria, Weston McKennie, Raoul Bellanova, Samuele Ricci, Mattia Perin, Junior Firpo and Leandro Paredes are also under investigation.