FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Atletico Madrid v Elche - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - December 19, 2020 Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone REUTERS/Juan Medina
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone believes the 10-week ban imposed on defender Kieran Trippier for breaching betting rules unfairly harms his side and has asked for the punishment to be re-assessed.
Tripper, who joined Atletico from Tottenham Hotspur in 2019, was fined 70,000 pounds ($94,444) by England's Football Association (FA) and suspended for 10 weeks for four breaches of a rule which prevents players from providing information to others on their position which is not available in public at the time.
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