The Government is set to ban betting firms from sponsoring football shirts following its review of gambling laws.
Sportsmail understands that outlawing front-of-shirt logos of gambling companies is almost certain to be one of the proposals included on a white paper to be published this winter.
A wider ban on betting advertising in sport — including pitchside hoardings and TV commercials — is under consideration but is less likely at this stage.




Newcastle (Fun88, left) and Southampton (Sportsbet.io, right) are two more Premier League clubs with front-of-shirt gambling sponsors

This season, nine of the 20 Premier League clubs have gambling companies as their front-of-shirt sponsor, as well as another six teams in the Championship.