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I think you are all being terribly nasty about poor Ivan. He is only earning about £1.1m a year at Brentford and he clearly needed the winnings from his betting to tied him over. You can all be terribly nasty at times. #freeivantoney

You could be right (and indeed arrogance could well be a factor), but if he still felt the need to bet despite the wide publicity across the game that you must not gamble on football, that suggests he may well have a problem. We know how many football bets he has had but not how many bets on...

He clearly has a gambling problem but why not heed the warnings? There is a cornucopia of other things you can bet on. He could do a lot worse than have a chat with Tony Adams. His foundation has specific help for pro sportspersons with gambling addictions...