Ivan Toney admits it will be ‘all good’ if Brentford sell him and ‘get their money’ this summer… as the Bees forward jokes he will ‘move to Madrid’ at the end of the season
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- He is expected to move for a significant transfer fee and pursue higher honors
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Ivan Toney has suggested it will be ‘all good’ if Brentford decide to sell him this summer.
The forward is expected to leave the Bees at the end of the season to pursue bigger honors and was linked with the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea ahead of the transfer window.
However, he first has a job to do at Brentford, where the Bees are locked in a relegation battle, just five points clear of the bottom three with 10 games left to play.
Toney has been in good form since returning from his gambling ban in January. He has scored four goals in nine Premier League appearances and is aiming for a positive end to the season for, and possibly with, Brentford.
Speak with Air sports Ahead of his side’s match against Burnley, he revealed that he is fine with leaving the club this summer, but has a number of achievements in mind first.
Ivan Toney has admitted it will be ‘all good’ if Brentford decide to sell him this summer
The forward is expected to leave the club to pursue higher honors when the transfer window opens
He has been linked with possible transfers to Arsenal and Chelsea, among others, in a few months
When asked what an ideal end to the season would look like for him, Toney said: “We’re starting to win games. From now until the end of the season we will win every game.
‘I scored twenty goals. We’ve got nine games left, I think, something like that? We keep nine clean sheets. Job is a good boy.
‘Things are falling into place. If Brentford sell me they make their money, I move to Madrid and it’s all good.’
Manager Thomas Frank (right) recently said Toney ‘will most likely be sold in the summer’
Toney joked that he will ‘move to Madrid’ in an interview ahead of Brentford’s match against Burnley
He also outlined his international ambitions after being included in the final England squad for friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
He said: And then of course I will be in the mix for the European Championship, and then we win the European Championship. Sounds like a good one.”
Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted that Toney will ‘most likely be sold in the summer’, leaving his side in the dark over how they will replace one of their all-time best players.
However, he is expected to earn the club a significant fee, which they can reinvest if they can stay in the Premier League.
Toney also outlined his international ambitions after being named in England’s latest squad
Toney, 28, has been touted as the solution to Arsenal’s attacking woes, but the Gunners’ recent goalscoring record and the form of Kai Havertz have dampened their need to invest in a striker.
Brentford will look to widen the gap between themselves and 18th-placed Luton when they take on Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.
