DANIEL STURRIDGE has categorically denied gambling on football after he was charged by the FA for breaching betting rules.
England’s Football Association said the alleged breaches took place in January 2018, when Sturridge was on loan from Liverpool at West Bromwich Albion.
According to reports, Sturridge has been stung for betting on transfers of players and managers and is believed to have used a third party.
Liverpool reacted by saying the 29-year-old Sturridge has “stated categorically that he has never gambled on football.”
In April last year, Premier League player Joey Barton was banned for 18 months for placing more than a thousand bets on football over an 11-year period, including games he played in.
The first relates to bets on matches or any other football matter, and the second involves providing information about football from his privileged position to another person for the purposes of betting.
Sturridge managed just six appearances for the Baggies after suffering a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
This season the striker has been an important figure in Jurgen Klopp’s Champions League squad having featured in all four matches and racked up 133 minutes of Premier League football.
Sturridge has until November 20 to respond to the charge.
