'I want to play for a top club' – Ivan Toney opens door to January transfer with Chelsea circling for Brentford star | 6X399SI | 2024-01-24 02:08:01
The striker, 27, is allowed to play for Thomas Frank's aspect once more after
IVAN TONEY has refused to rule out a switch away from Brentford this month after admitting he needs to play for a "prime membership".
The striker, 27, is allowed to play for Thomas Frank's aspect once more after serving an eight-month ban for breaching betting guidelines.
Toney is about to be again in action for the Bees of their Premier League clash towards Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
The only-capped England ace has impressed with Brentford B, scoring a hat-trick against Southampton Under-21's and netting a panenka penalty towards Brondby in current weeks.
Paired together with his 20-goal exploits in the prime flight earlier than his ban last season, switch curiosity in Toney has been rife with groups comparable to Chelsea and Manchester United reportedly .
Arsenal have additionally been heavily linked, although SunSport understands that move won't happen this month.
Frank lately insisted he is "99 per cent assured" his star man will NOT be bought in the course of the January window.
Nevertheless, Toney has refused to rule out a move as he bids to make Gareth Southgate's Three Lions squad for the summer time's European Championships in Germany.
Requested whether this month was the correct time for him to maneuver on from Brentford, Toney advised Sky Sports: "I don't know. You'll be able to by no means predict when's the suitable time to move elsewhere.
"However it's obvious I need to play for a prime membership, everybody needs to play for a prime membership and struggle for titles.
"Whether or not it's this January that's the proper time for a club to return in and pay the proper cash, who is aware of."
Stories have prompt relegation-threatened Brentford might cost as much as £100million to sell Toney this month.
SunSport revealed in November how Toney was torn over the idea of a winter transfer, feeling he has a debt to repay to Brentford for sticking by him.
And Toney has mirrored this by admitting he obtained "goosebumps" from listening to fans sing his identify even after months of inaction.
He stated: "Frank has been nothing but the largest assist I might have requested for.
"The whole membership has – from placing additional periods on for me, from taking their day trip to put a session on and go outdoors when it's raining, once they're not imagined to be in.
"I have so much to repay them and I can't wait to attempt to do this.
"The fans have been behind me. Even once I wasn't at their video games, they have been singing my identify.
"A pal of mine sent me a video of the followers singing my identify. I obtained goosebumps to know that they're still behind me, despite the fact that I'm not there."
Toney staying put would please Gary Neville, who said he hopes the "brilliant" forward snubs a transfer elsewhere.
On his ban being lifted, Toney added: "I feel like a free man. An enormous weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can't wait to get back to having fun with enjoying football again this Saturday.
"My entire family knows what the weekends are about – they journey down to observe me play soccer. Lacking that for eight months is painful.
"You possibly can turn out to be a bit lost on the planet, but I had the suitable individuals around me to assist me get to locations to train and do the suitable workouts.
"Once I was working exhausting away from the pitch, I had a second to really feel sorry for myself however then after that you simply snap out of it.
"To a certain extent [there is guilt] but issues occur in life. You're taking it on the chin and you move forward with it. I should have been serving to the workforce.
"I really feel dangerous however I can't dwell on it. I can't change what's happened. What's executed is completed. Hopefully I can now placed on a present.
"I feel like I lost connection, the Wifi went! However now we're again on once more."
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