The betting giant Bet365 has admitted the footballer Steven Caulker was dropped from work as a pundit on a series it sponsored because of his public statements about gambling.
Caulker, the former QPR and Tottenham centre-back who is currently without a club after leaving Wigan Athletic following four years in Turkey, said he had been signed up for broadcasting work but was dropped because Bet365 was nervous about his “positive work” on gambling addiction.
The comments were revealed by The Big Step, a campaign to end gambling sponsorship and advertising in football.
Caulker, 31, revealed…
