Callum Wilson reveals the truth behind Newcastle star Sandro Tonali's viral Wetherspoons visit

Tonali sent the internet into meltdown when he visited his local Wetherspoons pub

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Callum Wilson has revealed the truth behind his Newcastle United team-mate Sandro Tonali's viral visit to his local Wetherspoons.

The Italy international booked a table at the pub chain for some food with his family and friends, with many suggesting he was pranked by his new Magpies team-mates as he continues to settle into his new surroundings after a summer move from AC Milan.

Manager Eddie Howe was even asked if United winger Matt Ritchie was behind it all but Wilson insists there was no foul play or pranking involved and Tonali just innocently booked it himself.

“I come into training one day when it happened and we were sitting at breakfast," Wilson said on the Footballers' Football podcast.

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"Everyone was like ‘did you see the pictures of Sandro in Wetherspoons yesterday?’. I was like, surely not. And they were like ‘yeah, look’.

“So they were all showing us pictures of it round the table at breakfast. Then he come into the canteen and it was one of those awkward moments when you’re talking about someone and they enter the room. It just goes silent.

“One of the lads goes ‘Oh Sandro, did you enjoy Wetherspoons last night?’. He was like ‘Yeah, yeah, it was good’, so we just left it at that. Then people were starting to say ‘did you know there are better restaurants’, but I’m not sure if he’s just Googled a good rated restaurant and that’s come up. I didn’t get to the bottom of it.”

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