Brentford expecting offers for Ivan Toney after his suspension ends

Ivan Toney is serving 8 months ban after being found guilty of betting

As reported by the Times, Brentford value Ivan Toney at £80 million as they prepare for offers in the attacker in January after his suspension ends.

After confessing to 232 violations of the Football Association’s betting regulations, the Brentford striker was given a sentence that will last until January 16, 2024.

A separate regulatory committee has discovered that Ivan Toney routinely bet on games in which his own team was involved, including 13 times when he supported his squad to lose the game, and that he provided “clearly false” responses to the probe into his violations of gambling laws.

The England striker was given an eight-month suspension after confessing to 232 violations of FA Rule E8, which forbids players from partaking in football gambling.

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According to the commission’s written reasons, if Toney hadn’t been recognised as having an obsession with gambling throughout the probe, his punishment would have taken three months.

Among the many significant violations of gambling laws that the FA has pursued is in Toney’s instance. The commission discovered 29 wagers involving the team Toney had been registered with or borrowing from at the time. 13 of them were wagers on his own team to lose, even though Toney was not there for those matches.

The other two bets concern a Wigan v. Aston Villa game while the player was on loan at Wigan but not part of the team, and 11 of the bets were with Newcastle when he was playing for another team.

A lifetime sentence can be imposed for gambling on the team you represent to lose or, as Toney was additionally determined to have completed, for betting on how you performed during a game.

He made 15 bets on his own goal and 16 bets on his team’s victory. Additionally, he used other parties to wager on his behalf, disclosed insider information about a game, and suppressed facts from the investigation.

The panel reported that Toney had admitted to needing addiction treatment and had expressed sincere regret for breaching the rules.

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