Striker says announcement cost him World Cup dreamToney: ‘I felt like that was a bigger punishment’
Ivan Toney has said the Football Association “was a bit spiteful” in its handling of his eight-month ban for breaking betting rules. The Brentford striker was charged with 262 breaches in November last year but had to wait until May before the FA announced his ban and £50,000 fine after he had admitted to 232 of the counts.
The 27-year-old missed out on the World Cup when he omitted from Gareth Southgate’s Qatar 2022 squad and although he accepts his punishment, he feels the timing of his charges being made public was harsh.
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