Ivan Toney has been banned from football after allegations of breaking betting rules, according to a statement from the FA.
The Brentford and England striker has enjoyed a stellar second season in the Premier League, but has now been handed an extremely lengthy ban.
In a statement, the FA said, “Ivan Toney has been suspended from all football and football-related activity with immediate effect for eight months, which runs up to and including 16 January 2024, fined £50,000 and warned as to his future conduct for breaches of The FA’s Betting Rules.
“The Brentford FC forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021. The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches and he admitted to the remaining 232.
“His sanctions were subsequently imposed by an independent Regulatory Commission following a personal hearing. He is permitted to return to training only with his club for the final four months of his suspension starting from 17 September 2023.
“The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for these sanctions will be published in due course, and The FA will wait to review them before commenting further.”
Toney has scored 20 goals this Premier League season for Brentford and is third in the golden boot list.
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