Milan's Florenzi is the latest player over allegations of illegal gambling

AC Milan defender Alessandro Florenzi has reportedly become the latest Italian player to be investigated by authorities over alleged illegal gambling activities.

Italian football was rocked by scandal last month after Sandro Tonali, Nicolo Fagioli and Nicolo Zaniolo were named in an investigation by the Italian Prosecutor's Office and Italian Football Federation (FIGC) into claims of illegal gambling.

Tonali and Fagioli have both since been banned for 10 months and seven months respectively after working out plea bargains with the FIGC, with Tonali reportedly admitting to betting on matches involving his former club AC Milan.

Meanwhile, Zaniolo is not thought to be seeking a plea bargain, and will instead be looking for a full acquittal.  The former Roma player is said to be adamant that he only placed bets on online poker and blackjack games - which is not in contravention of the Sports Justice Code.

And now, in fresh revelations, according to Italian news agency AGI, Florenzi is the latest player to be caught up in the betting scandal.

After the aforementioned news regarding Tonali, Fagioli and Zaniolo, the probe has continued in the background and authorities have now told Florenzi - who counts Roma, PSG and Valencia among his former clubs - that he is under formal investigation.

The reports goes onto claim the charge he faces is the same as Zaniolo, meaning he is under investigation for betting on online games rather than football matches.

However, it is still prohibited for footballers to gamble on anything at all, but the punishment is likely to be less severe, with the report claiming if found guilty Florenzi would only likely be fined.

The right back has won 49 caps for Italy since his debut in 2012 and featured off