Brentford anticipating lengthy ban for Ivan Toney which could stretch into next season as forward admits to multiple charges of breaching Football Association’s gambling rules
Brentford are anticipating a lengthy ban for Ivan Toney after he admitted to multiple charges of breaching Football Affiliation gambling rules, talkSPORT understands.
Toney was charged in November with greater than 200 alleged breaches earlier than being hit with an extra 30 breaches on the finish of December.
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Toney has been hit with tons of of charges associated to betting
The England hopeful is accused of breaking the rules over a four-year interval between February 2017 and January 2021.
Toney can also be probably to be punished earlier than the tip of the season, which will have an effect on Brentford’s bid for European qualification and there may be precedent in a case like this.
In the meantime, it’s been recommended by the Day by day Mail’s Matt Hughes, who broke the story, that Toney’s ban could stretch into next season.
Hughes informed talkSPORT: “I feel his again was in opposition to the wall from what I’ve been informed given the quantity of charges he was dealing with and the extent of proof they collected.
“I feel it was a five-month investigation occurred into his alleged betting and charging him with so many depend, they clearly felt that they had a really sturdy case.
“I feel he’s hoping to get forward of it by pleading responsible to some, contesting others within the hope that perhaps the ban, if he’s given a ban, will begin sooner fairly than later and subsequently will apply over the summer season which means he’ll miss fewer soccer matches.”
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His objectives have proved essential for Brentford this season, however he could be out for a while
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When requested about how lengthy the ban could be, Hughes added: “I feel it’s a matter of months fairly than video games primarily based on the priority of a pair of Boston gamers that have been discovered responsible a pair of years in the past for I feel, once more, a number of hundred betting breaches and so they have been completed for I feel over six months.
“Joey Barton clearly acquired 18 months a couple of years in the past for over 1,200 bets. The reality of the matter is we don’t truly know the element of what video games he’s alleged to have wager on and if he was concerned with them, that would be the key.
“We all know he didn’t wager in opposition to any of his groups when he was enjoying but it surely’s doable, and I stress we don’t know, it’s doable he wager on a teammate to rating or some type of degree of involvement.
“They’d be seen as aggregating elements which could lead to an even bigger ban if that have been the case.”
Toney has been the topic of lots of switch curiosity given his performances for Brentford and a ban could subsequently have an effect on future curiosity.
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It stays to be seen simply how lengthy the striker could be banned for
Toney has been the topic of lots of switch curiosity given his performances for Brentford and a ban could subsequently have an effect on future curiosity.
Hughes mentioned: “I feel he’s unlikely to get a transfer this summer season as a result of no matter ban he’s given is probably going to nonetheless be in place initially of next season I’d have thought,
“You’re not going to be a £50-80million participant in case you can’t play him are you? I don’t suppose it’s the tip of his profession, I feel he’ll get a giant transfer from Brentford sooner or later.
“He’s solely 26, he’s enjoying so nicely and if he takes his punishment, serves a lengthy ban and comes again in direction of the beginning of next season or midway by next season.
“I nonetheless suppose there might be huge bidders coming in for him next January or the next summer season, however unlikely to be this summer season.”
Such an absence would see him miss out on the prospect to play for England of their upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers in opposition to Italy and Ukraine in March.
It could additionally influence the remainder of Brentford’s season given his 14 objectives in 21 Premier League appearances to date this time period.
