Dud he miss on purpose or not, an age old question, but irrelevant now, but... Self-confessed Newcastle fan Chopra revealed he left Cardiff for Sunderland because the signing-on fee would pay off a gambling debt. He continued on Sky Sports News: "In my first season at Cardiff I had a gambling debt from when I was at Newcastle. I had to leave Cardiff and sign for another team to pay that debt off. What a plum..all that money.. http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/sport/national-sport/chopra_gambled_away_2m_1_3924996