Harry Toffolo has been provisionally barred from playing football due to his involvement in betting activities.
Former Norwich City left-back Harry Toffolo has been handed a suspended five-month ban from football for breaching betting rules in his time at Carrow Road.
The Football Association has provisionally suspended the ban imposed on Toffolo, meaning he will be able to play and train for Nottingham Forest, with whom he joined in the summer of 2022. The FA has stated that an explanation of their decision will be made available in the near future. Toffolo, who joined the club from Norwich in the summer of 2018, was found guilty of breaching FA rules which prohibit players from placing bets on behalf of a club or sharing information that can be used for betting, for a period of 375 times between January 2014 and March 2017. He was also fined a sum of £20,956 by the FA. Toffolo’s career at Norwich began in 2013, when he helped the under-18s win the FA Youth Cup, but he left the club without making a single league appearance in 2018.
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He then spent time at Millwall, before joining the Terriers from Lincoln City. He’s only appeared once for Forest so far this season, as a substitute in a Carabao Cup defeat to Burnley.
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Norwich City figure reveals why he left Huddersfield Town to head to Carrow Road
Narcís Pelach has revealed why he left Huddersfield Town to join Norwich City as part of David Wagner’s backroom staff.
Pelach departed the Terriers last May following the team’s 19th-place finish in the Championship.
The Spaniard was part of Carlos Corberan’s backroom team as the club earned a place in the play-off final in 2022, failing to win promotion at Wembley Stadium after a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest.
He has also previously worked as an assistant manager at Spanish side Girona during the 2019-20 campaign, working under José Luis Martí as the club finished fifth in the second tier of Spanish football.
Why has Narcís Pelach joined Norwich City?
Pelach credited Wagner as playing a key role in convincing the coach to join the Canaries’ backroom staff.
He also believes that Norwich can help him achieve his goal of gaining promotion to the Premier League, indicating he turned down other offers to move to Carrow Road.
“By the time to decide where to go, my brain was pretty [clear], I need to go to Norwich, because the feeling I have is much better than another club that maybe I could go,” said Pelach, via The Pink Un on Twitter.
“And I think that this is down to David [Wagner] and Stuart [Webber].
“My interview with David was really good.
“You know when you see one man in the eyes and you have that feeling, and I really enjoyed [that].
“My dream is to get a promotion, at the end of the day I came to Norwich because I want to get promoted.
“I have never won [promotion].”
Norwich have made a positive start to the new Championship campaign, winning three of their opening five league games.
This has put the Canaries fifth in the table going into the September international break, just three points off league leaders Preston North End.
Wagner’s side suffered a blow just before the break, with key player Josh Sargent suffering a significant injury issue that will keep him on the sidelines for a number of months.
Adam Idah is likely to be deployed in his absence, with the Irishman enjoying a positive international break.
The 22-year-old scored in a 2-1 loss to the Netherlands, so will be hoping that has given him the confidence to perform well in the Championship during Sargent’s time on the sidelines.
Next up for Norwich is a clash with Stoke City on 16 September.
