Serie A has another bet scandal! The goalkeeper bets high and gets yellow cards himself and will be suspended by the Italian Football Association for 4 years

Italian football was once again exposed to a gambling scandal. According to the Milan Sports Daily, Udinese goalkeeper Okeye has been accused by the Football Association. Due to suspected football bets, Okeye is likely to be suspended for up to four years.

Recently, the Italian Football Association Procuratorate discovered an abnormality when investigating related cases - someone made an extremely high bet on the goalkeeper who received a yellow card in a certain game. This attracted the attention of the staff. They then launched an investigation into this.

After a careful investigation, the staff quickly targeted Udinese goalkeeper Okeye. On March 11, 2024, Udinese challenged Roma away. Okuye started for Udinese, and his position on the court was just the goalkeeper. Before the game, he invested a lot of money to conspire with other gamblers and bet that he would get a yellow card in this game. In that game, Oakye really got a yellow card in the 18th minute of the second half. With more than half of the time left in the second half, Oakye was delaying the time, and the procuratorate believed that he was deliberately applying for a yellow card.

staff also found a direct evidence of Oakye's betting. Relevant documents show that Oakye often goes to a restaurant, and he once talked to the restaurant's owner about the controversial yellow card he received against Lazio.

The Milan Sports Daily pointed out that the Italian Football Association has charged Oakye and firmly believes that his behavior on the court is to serve sports betting and his personal interests. Once confirmed to participate in the betting game, Oakye may be suspended for 4 years. For the 25-year-old Oakye, this is almost a catastrophe. Of course, this is a disaster he caused himself.