{"id":291874,"date":"2023-10-24T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291874"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:25:10","slug":"longstaff-confident-newcastle-can-cope-with-absence-of-sandro-tonali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/longstaff-confident-newcastle-can-cope-with-absence-of-sandro-tonali\/","title":{"rendered":"Longstaff confident Newcastle can cope with absence of Sandro Tonali"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sean Longstaff confident Newcastle can cope loss of Sandro Tonali with midfielder set to learn length of ban for illegal gambling&#8230; as he insists Italian has been happy at the club ever since he joined<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sandro Tonali will learn the length of his ban from football &#8216;in the next 24 hours&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tonali is being investigated in Italy amid allegations of illegal gambling<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sean Longstaff says Newcastle have the depth to cope with the impending loss of Sandro Tonali and has refuted claims the Italian has never been happy on Tyneside.<\/p>\n<p>Tonali is set to learn the length of his ban for alleged illegal gambling, with sources in Italy suggesting an absence of between 10 and 12 months is likely. That news could come before Wednesday\u2019s visit of Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>But fellow midfielder Longstaff said: \u2018I\u2019m confident we can cope. We don&#8217;t know the outcome yet, but we\u2019ve got Joe Willock coming back from injury, Joelinton fit again and Elliot Anderson has stepped up massively. And then we\u2019ve got the little superstar Lewis Miley coming through, who I absolutely love.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The big one is Willock coming back. I could talk all day about how good he is and even watching him in training this week, it doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019s missed a minute. I\u2019m just really excited to have him back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We know how important he is &#8211; the team plays its best when he is in it. No-one can do what he does in terms of the way he moves off the ball and how confident he is on it. Hopefully he can show what he can do on this stage as well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76948779-12652813-image-a-20_1698168067053.jpg\" height=\"550\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sean Longstaff (R) says Newcastle have the depth to cope with the loss of Sandro Tonali (left)<\/p>\n<p>Much was made of Tonali being sold by Milan against his wishes in the summer. The \u00a352million signing later admitted he felt \u2018lost\u2019 during his early weeks at his new club.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was afforded a warm ovation by supporters following Saturday\u2019s 4-0 win over Crystal Palace, with the feeling it could be his last game until next season.<\/p>\n<p>And Longstaff said: \u2018The way the fans were with him on Saturday was amazing, but I think everyone knew that would be the case. The way Sandro has fitted in our group has been amazing. He&#8217;s a top player first and foremost, but he&#8217;s actually a better guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The stuff going around and people saying, \u201cWas he happy about being here?\u201d. That sort of stuff was weird from within the group because we see him every day and how happy he is and laughing and joking with everyone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76948997-12652813-image-a-26_1698168287365.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tonali&#8217;s fate will be decided in &#8216;the next 24 hours&#8217; according to local Italian media<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76933263-12652813-The_midfielder_s_lawyers_are_hoping_for_a_10_month_ban_that_woul-a-2_1698167880054.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder&#8217;s lawyers are hoping for a 10-month ban that would see him return in Sept 2024<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are just lucky that we have signed a top player, someone in my position who I used to watch a lot actually. Me and my brother (Matty) used to speak about how good he was and then suddenly he walked through the door at Newcastle and you think, \u201cOooof! I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s a good thing for me or not?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I get on really well with him and it&#8217;s the same for the whole group. He&#8217;s been a massive positive for our group. We have created a friendship and it&#8217;s a privilege to be around him every day and watch what he does and watch how he works. You can understand why he&#8217;s so good.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Howe, meanwhile, said that he was still waiting for news on Tonali\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As far as I\u2019m aware, I\u2019m expecting him to be available,\u2019 he said at Tuesday\u2019s pre-match press conference. \u2018I will plan like that until told differently. I can\u2019t second guess what will happen. He has trained today and is available.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12652813\/Sean-Longstaff-confident-Newcastle-cope-loss-Sandro-Tonali-midfielder-set-learn-length-ban-illegal-gambling-insists-Italian-happy-club-joined.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Longstaff confident Newcastle can cope loss of Sandro Tonali with midfielder set to learn length of ban for illegal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Longstaff confident Newcastle can cope with absence of Sandro Tonali - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/longstaff-confident-newcastle-can-cope-with-absence-of-sandro-tonali\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Longstaff confident Newcastle can cope with absence of Sandro Tonali - 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