Euro 2024: Toney returns to England squad for friendlies against Brazil, Belgium after eight-month ban

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Published 14.03.2024
Euro 2024: Toney returns to England squad for friendlies against Brazil, Belgium after eight-month ban

Brentford striker Ivan Toney was handed a right away England recall on Thursday after serving an eight-month ban for breaching betting guidelines.

Toney returned to motion in January and has 4 objectives in 9 video games.

England coach Gareth Southgate included the ahead in his squad for friendlies towards Brazil and Belgium this month.

Toney was banned final May after breaching 232 English Football Association betting guidelines and likewise fined 50,000 kilos ($62,000).

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An impartial fee mentioned the punishment may have been worse if he had not been identified with a playing habit. Among a “substantial number of breaches,” its report mentioned a few of Toney’s bets may have resulted within the most punishment of a lifetime ban.

Toney performed for the primary time this season on Jan. 20 and scored in Brentford’s 3-2 win towards Nottingham Forest within the Premier League.

It is sort of precisely a yr since his final England look, a 2-0 win towards Ukraine in a European Championship qualifier.

Also with a shot of constructing Southgate’s squad for the European Championship in Germany this summer season have been Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite and Newcastle ahead Anthony Gordon after their first summons.

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez was known as up for the primary time since 2020.

England performs Brazil on March 23 and Belgium on March 26. Both video games are at Wembley Stadium.

England squad-

Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale.

Defenders: Jarrad Branthwaite, Ben Chilwell, Lewis Dunk, Joe Gomez, Ezri Konsa, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Kyle Walker.

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Conor Gallagher, Jordan Henderson, James Maddison, Declan Rice.

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Harry Kane, Cole Palmer, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney, Ollie Watkins